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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Number of Awards: 62
Total Amount Awarded: $50,009,455

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
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	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
2020	Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders	Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	2020-75-CX-0004	$369,412	Closed
2019	Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders	Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	2019-ZA-CX-0003	$715,752	Past Project Period End Date
2019	The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes	Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK	MD	2019-ZA-CX-0004	$768,292	Closed
2016	21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Project	Research on "Sentinel Events" and Criminal Justice System Errors	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	MD	2016-IJ-CX-K005	$642,348	Closed
2016	Cultivating Healing by Implementing Restorative Practices for Youth (CHIRPY)	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	MD	2016-CK-BX-0008	$4,196,537	Closed
2016	Research on the Effects of an Anonymous Tip Line and Multidisciplinary Response Teams in Schools across the State of Nevada	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	MD	2016-CK-BX-0007	$4,835,367	Closed
2016	Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence - Year 2	Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	University of Maryland	MD	2015-ZA-BX-0004	$313,621	Closed
2015	Maryland's Forensic Science Program	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2015-CD-BX-0054	$314,430	Closed
2015	The Changing Geography of American Immigration and its Effects on Violent Victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey	NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications	University of Maryland	MD	2012-R2-CX-4017	$63,818	Closed
2014	A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	University of Maryland	MD	2014-ZA-BX-0002	$639,736	Closed
2014	Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3)	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism	University of Maryland	MD	2014-ZA-BX-0003	$620,545	Open
2014	Long Term Effects of Drug Court Participation Evidence from a 15 Year Follow up of a Randomized Controlled Trial	NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Maryland	MD	2014-IJ-CX-0009	$31,982	Closed
2014	Maryland's Forensic Science Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2014-CD-BX-0001	$132,777	Closed
2014	Reducing Gang Violence A Randomized Trial of Functional Family Therapy	NIJ FY 14 Research on Gangs and Gang Violence	University of Maryland	MD	2014-R2-CX-0001	$472,906	Closed
2013	Decision Making Among Adult Offenders and Non Offenders	NIJ FY 13 Research on Offender Decision-Making	University of Maryland	MD	2013-R2-CX-0005	$492,897	Closed
2013	Maryland's Forensic Science Program	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention	MD	2013-CD-BX-0001	$297,475	Closed
2013	Peering into prison Prison peer effects and their policy implications	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	University of Maryland	MD	2013-IJ-CX-0043	$30,000	Closed
2013	White Collar and Corporate Frauds Understanding Public Policy Preferences	NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime	University of Maryland	MD	2013-IJ-CX-0058	$376,023	Closed
2012	Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization	NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization	University of Maryland	MD	2012-ZA-BX-0005	$675,027	Closed
2012	MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	State of Maryland	MD	2012-DY-BX-K005	$510,324	Closed