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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.
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Awardee Name: University of Chicago

Number of Awards: 24
Total Amount Awarded: $9,546,809

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Research, Evaluation, and Analysis of Call Handling on Three-Digit Hotlines (REACH-3D) NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on 911, Alternative Hotlines, and Alternative Responder Models UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-24-GG-01559-RESS $935,000 Open
2023 911, What's Your Emergency?: Factors Impacting Call Coding NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01367-NIJB $500,000 Open
2021 A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS $632,781 Open
2021 Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB $585,726 Open
2021 Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS $837,477 Open
2018 Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $248,918 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $248,953 Closed
2018 Evaluating a Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Improving Life Outcomes of Underserved Young Women: A Randomized Experiment in Chicago Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2016-JU-FX-0002 $749,411 Closed
2018 Neighborhood Context and Probation Outcomes NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0006 $32,000 Closed
2018 The influence of social surroundings on juvenile and criminal justice involvement of 17-year-olds transitioning from foster care to adulthood: A longitudinal and life-course approach NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0007 $32,000 Closed
2017 Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Chicago IL 2017-MU-MU-0042 $532,286 Closed
2017 Using Machine Learning to Identify High Risk Domestic Violence Offenders in New York City NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 2017-VA-CX-0033 $452,553 Closed
2016 A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics Non-solicited Applications The University of Chicago IL 2015-DN-BX-K430 $564,735 Closed
2014 Re-engaging Justice-Involved Youth NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Chicago IL 2014-IJ-CX-0011 $29,799 Closed
2014 Underground Gun Markets in Chicago NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence The University of Chicago IL 2014-MU-CX-0013 $459,849 Closed
2013 Improving Hot-Spot Policing through Behavioral Interventions NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making The University of Chicago IL 2013-R2-CX-0006 $760,230 Closed
2011 A National Probability-Based Household Survey on Teen Dating Violence NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization NORC at the University of Chicago IL 2011-WG-BX-0020 $899,908 Closed
2010 Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships The University of Chicago IL 2010-IJ-CX-0033 $440,437 Closed
2005 Consequences of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Graduate Research Fellowship: 2005 The University of Chicago IL 2005-WG-BX-0001 $20,000 Closed
2005 Crime during the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as they Leave Out-of-Home Care Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 The University of Chicago IL 2005-IJ-CX-0031 $259,782 Closed
2005 Identifying and Managing Juvenile Justice Delays Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 University of Chicago IL 2005-IJ-CX-0041 $252,964 Closed
2004 Contextual Effects on Juvenile Delinquency: Modeling Differential Effects of School and Neighborhood Social Organization; University of Chicago; Fiscal Year: July 1 - June 30 Graduate Research Fellowship-Fall The University of Chicago IL 2004-IJ-CX-0012 $20,000 Closed
2003 Ex-Prisoners' Dilemma CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The University of Chicago IL 2003-IJ-CX-1005 $20,000 Closed