Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Number of Awards: 754
Total Amount Awarded: $400,930,317

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Bail, Bias and Bargaining: Investigating Racial Dynamics in Plea Negotiations across Local Court Communities	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Prosecution Practice, Justice, Case Tracking, and Workforce	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-24-GG-01796-RESS	$699,257	Open
2024	DNA mixture interpretation of SNP sequencing data for investigative genetic genealogy	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	CO	15PNIJ-24-GG-01568-RESS	$120,000	Open
2024	Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Community-led, School-based Secure Firearm Storage Campaign in Michigan	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence and Mass Shootings	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	MI	15PNIJ-24-GG-02403-STOP	$998,907	Open
2024	How to Free a Butterfly: The Impact of Fair Chance Housing Ordinances on the Housing Outcome of System-Impacted Black Individuals	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	CA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01575-RESS	$47,052	Open
2024	Improving Measurement of Community Safety Perceptions with Enhanced Data Inclusivity and Novel Use of Small Area Estimation through Respondent Driven Sampling: A Pilot Study in Detroit, Michigan	NIJ FY24 Measurement of Community Perceptions	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	MI	15PNIJ-24-GG-02843-RESS	$999,999	Open
2024	Learning from an Implementation and Outcome Evaluation of the Colorado Threat Assessment and Management Protocol	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	CO	15PNIJ-24-GG-01049-MUMU	$1,199,320	Open
2024	National Juvenile Court Data Archive	NIJ FY24 National Juvenile Court Data Archive	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES	NV	15PNIJ-24-GG-00751-TITL	$2,000,000	Open
2024	Schoolhouse interrogations and confessions: Perspectives from principals and students	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01564-RESS	$120,741	Open
2024	The Impacts of School Security Equipment on Students and Schools	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on School Safety	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01048-STOP	$1,706,788	Open
2024	Unwinding the Impact of Body Worn Camera Evidence on Prosecutor Workload	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Prosecution Practice, Justice, Case Tracking, and Workforce	THE JUSTICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE	VA	15PNIJ-24-GG-01793-RESS	$612,685	Open
2023	"Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis"	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	MN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04240-RESS	$335,595	Open
2023	A Micro-and Macro Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	CO	15PNIJ-23-GG-02401-MUMU	$1,456,274	Open
2023	Assessing Solvability Factors in Missing Person Cases: A Mixed-Method Approach	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	NV	15PNIJ-23-GG-01941-RESS	$110,998	Open
2023	Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program through a Phased Evaluation Approach Using an Implementation Science Mixed Methods Approach		GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	GA	2020-CZ-BX-0014	$320,000	Open
2023	Capturing nuclear DNA from hair shafts	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)	DC	15PNIJ-23-GG-04209-DNAX	$413,504	Open
2023	Evaluating Processes and Outcomes of Housing Models for Victims of Human Trafficking	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF	MA	15PNIJ-23-GK-01928-HT	$654,195	Open
2023	Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System-The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-23-GG-01942-RESS	$25,655	Closed
2023	Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER ED	NV	15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS	$111,000	Open
2023	Operationalizing the Individual versus Group Fairness Dichotomy for Recidivism Risk Assessment: US Legal Challenges and Technical Proposals	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-23-GG-01932-RESS	$166,500	Open
2023	The Extremism Sentencing Study: Judicial Outcomes and Recidivism Among Individuals Convicted of International and Domestic Terrorism	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-23-GG-01384-DOMR	$762,553	Open
2022	Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns in Support of Developing Data-driven Tools for Pattern Analysis	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	15PNIJ-22-GG-04442-RESS	$531,257	Open
2022	National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program	NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES	NV	15PNIJ-22-GK-01121-TITL	$2,400,000	Open
2021	Assessing the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program through a Phased Evaluation Approach Using an Implementation Science Mixed Methods Approach		GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC	GA	2020-CZ-BX-0014	$999,986	Open
2021	Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Platform for Bruise Age Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04145-SLFO	$988,559	Open
2021	Evaluability assessment and development of psychological and behavioral health approaches to prevent terrorism and facilitate reintegration of violent extremists.	Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021	HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF	MA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02727-DOMR	$981,026	Past Project Period End Date