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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.

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

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Topic: Courts,
Subtopic: Courts

Number of Awards: 520
Total Amount Awarded: $321,453,909

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Second looks for youth: An implementation evaluation of resentencing models in five jurisdictions NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 15PNIJ-23-GG-04239-RESS $692,889 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
2023 Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01927-HT $997,729 Open
2022 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2020-R2-CX-0009 $450,000 Open
2022 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $2,900,000 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU $4,000,000 Open
2022 Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-22-AG-00266-NIJB $278,976 Past Project Period End Date
2022 Measuring rarity of combined features in palm versus finger impressions and evaluating examiner perceptions NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-04404-SLFO $489,524 Open
2022 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts NIJ FY22 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00035-VTCX $3,000,000 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 Closed
2021 "Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance". W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB $885,090 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 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE DC 2020-R2-CX-0009 $199,504 Open
2021 Advancing Research on Rural Justice Systems NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY WA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02805-RESS $768,881 Open
2021 Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA $357,234 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-75-CX-K003 $3,500,000 Open
2021 Data fusion from infrared elemental, MSP and Raman analysis techniques to the maximization of the efficiency of the analytical sequence for the forensic examination of paint evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-21-GG-04163-RESS $338,823 Open
2021 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU $4,200,000 Open
2021 National Juvenile Court Data Archive National Juvenile Court Data Archive, Fiscal Year 2021 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES NV 15PNIJ-21-GG-03202-TITL $2,000,000 Open
2021 Reducing Youth Incarceration for Runaway and Truancy: A National Scan of Practice and Evaluability Assessments in Three Sites Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-03265-RESS $705,856 Open
2021 Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2021 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 15PNIJ-21-GG-02981-TITL $597,436 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
2021 The University of Alabama System and the Alabama Department of Forensics National Center on Forensics National Center on Forensics, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02982-MUMU $4,000,000 Open
2021 Validation of a Confirmatory Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Body Fluid Assay for Use in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021 NEW YORK CITY OFF OF CHEIF MED EXAM NY 15PNIJ-21-GG-02712-SLFO $105,592 Past Project Period End Date
2020 A Black Box Study of the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Tire Evidence Examiners' Conclusions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 NOBLIS, INC. VA 2020-DQ-BX-0026 $720,610 Past Project Period End Date