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

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Subtopic: Justice system reform

Number of Awards: 89
Total Amount Awarded: $46,288,748

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2015-MU-MU-K002 $500,000 Closed
2018 Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Urban Institute DC 2015-MU-MU-K002 $500,000 Closed
2018 Estimating the causal relationships among juvenile justice system improvements, youth crime, and juvenile confinement Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Research Foundation of CUNY o/b/o John Jay College NY 2017-JF-FX-0064 $124,954 Closed
2018 Juvenile Justice Model Data Project Legacy OJJDP Research Grants National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges NV 2015-JF-FX-K003 $500,000 Closed
2018 Juvenile Justice Model Data Project Legacy OJJDP Research Grants National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges NV 2015-JF-FX-K003 $500,000 Closed
2018 Long-Term Impact of Risk Assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity Reforms in Juvenile Justice Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 2016-JF-FX-0057 $499,998 Closed
2018 OJJDP FY 16 Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Reforms Program Legacy OJJDP Research Grants WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-JF-FX-0058 $499,752 Closed
2018 Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform Legacy OJJDP Research Grants CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED MD 2018-CZ-BX-0026 $985,433 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Risk Assessment Implementation and Youth Outcomes: A Multi-Method Study Spanning The Juvenile Justice System Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Cincinnati OH 2014-MU-FX-0006 $910,045 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $500,000 Closed
2018 Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response Legacy OJJDP Research Grants Northwestern University IL 2013-JF-FX-0057 $499,996 Closed
2017 The Racial Effects of Prison Reform NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0033 $500,000 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 Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative WESTAT, INC. MD 2016-AK-BX-K020 $1,999,995 Closed
2016 Examining Prison Stays in Michigan Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Central Michigan University MI 2016-R2-CX-0036 $40,000 Closed
2015 2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts NC 2015-DY-BX-K001 $565,639 Closed
2015 Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2015-DY-BX-K006 $633,170 Closed
2015 California’s "Realignment": Understanding Local Legal Compliance in A Potential Era of Prison Downsizing NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Regents of the University of California CA 2015-IJ-CX-0001 $32,000 Closed
2015 Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HI 2015-DY-BX-K002 $410,492 Closed
2015 Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent University of Illinois Springfield IL 2015-DY-BX-K005 $753,958 Closed
2015 Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning From Criminal Justice System Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review of Process in Philadelphia NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PA 2015-R2-CX-K040 $351,052 Open
2015 Orange County Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent County of Orange CA 2015-DY-BX-K003 $250,000 Closed
2015 Postconviction DNA Program NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office IL 2015-DY-BX-K007 $400,701 Closed
2015 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the InnocentUniversity of Kansas School of Law Multi-State Partnership for Innocence NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. KS 2015-DY-BX-K004 $122,994 Closed