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: 49
Total Amount Awarded: $21,915,756

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	A Process Evaluation of the Continuum of Services Model in Virginia's Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	MD	2017-JF-FX-0062	$749,995	Past Project Period End Date
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	Open
2018	Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE	MD	2016-JF-FX-0059	$249,310	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
2014	SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	State Appellate Defender Office	MI	2014-DY-BX-K004	$337,314	Closed
2015	Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change	NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	2015-R2-CX-K041	$724,294	Closed
2015	WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University	MI	2015-DY-BX-K008	$418,099	Closed
2007	Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy	NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence	Augsburg College	MN	2007-IJ-CX-0046	$236,577	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
2014	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2014-DY-BX-K005	$620,269	Closed
2014	A Sentinel Events Approach to Addressing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail	NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2014-IJ-CX-0030	$399,861	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	A Micro and Macro-Level Assessment of Juvenile Justice Placement Reform in Ohio	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	University of Cincinnati	OH	2015-JF-FX-0064	$247,090	Closed
2021	Examining the multifaceted impacts of drug decriminalization on public safety, law enforcement, and prosecutorial discretion	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY	OR	15PNIJ-21-GG-02804-RESS	$495,596	Open
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
2014	Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures	NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Texas State University	TX	2014-IJ-CX-0037	$389,690	Closed
2023	California: A Decade of Decarceration	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS	$32,203	Open
2009	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research on Exoneration	George Mason University	VA	2009-IJ-CX-0110	$589,315	Closed
2014	Implementing, Disseminating and Translating Evidence-Based Policy/Practice in Community Corrections	NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014	George Mason University	VA	2014-IJ-CX-0034	$46,859	Closed
2019	Confidence, Latency, and Accuracy in Eyewitness Identification Made from Show-Ups: Evidence from the Lab, the Field, and Current Law Enforcement Practices	Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019	NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE	VA	2019-75-CX-0009	$662,407	Open
2022	Statewide Law Enforcement Crime Research, Evaluation, and Analysis	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program	CRIME RESEARCH GROUP, INC.	VT	15PNIJ-22-GK-00244-BRND	$165,000	Open
2011	Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program - Fiscal Year 2010	NIJ FY 11 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Washington State Patrol	WA	2010-DY-BX-K404	$576,631	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