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: 162
Total Amount Awarded: $98,133,300

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2004	NIJ VAW Revict A Concept Paper on Research about the Long-term Efficacy of Court Intervention on the Reduction of Repeat Battering	Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women	BOTEC Analysis Corporation	MA	2004-WG-BX-0011	$78,391	Closed
2011	Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences	NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program	University of South Florida	FL	2011-IJ-CX-0004	$93,553	Closed
2011	Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in a Statewide Sample of Sexual Assault Cases	NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	IL	2011-WG-BX-0005	$97,519	Closed
2004	Alabama Sentencing Commission Prison Population Computer Simulation Model Project	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation	Alabama Sentencing Commission	AL	2004-DD-BX-1014	$98,948	Closed
2016	Racial Disparities in Virgina Felony Court Cases	W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime	RAND Corporation	CA	2016-R2-CX-0042	$99,517	Closed
2013	Physical Evidence, Forensic Evidence and the Prosecution of Sexual Assault	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago	IL	2013-NE-BX-0005	$134,980	Closed
2004	Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective	Justice Response to Repeat Victimization in Cases of Violence Against Women	Fund For The City of New York	NY	2004-WG-BX-0005	$142,631	Closed
2009	The Effects of Defense Counsel on the Outcomes of Homicide and Death Penalty Prosecutions	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	RAND Corporation	CA	2009-IJ-CX-0013	$149,898	Closed
2007	Quantifying the Specific Deterrent Effects of DNA Databases	NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence	The Urban Institute	DC	2007-DN-BX-0001	$150,815	Closed
2005	Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Outcomes - Incorporating Data from the Courtroom	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	State of Wisconsin	WI	2005-IJ-CX-0003	$160,079	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
2011	The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution	NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science	University of New Haven	CT	2011-DN-BX-0003	$174,668	Closed
2005	Investigative Strategies for the Successful Prosecution of Intimate Partner Violence	Violence Against Women Research & Evaluation Full Applications	University of Alaska	AK	2005-WG-BX-0011	$180,042	Closed
2004	NIJ Drug Court Evaluation Plan Review and Technical Assistance Initiative	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation	National Association of Drug Court Professionals	VA	2004-DC-BX-K005	$195,727	Closed
2008	Reducing Courts' Failure to Appear Rate: A Procedural Justice Approach	NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice	Board of Regents, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	2008-IJ-CX-0022	$197,507	Closed
2009	National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Alaska	NIJ FY 09 Criminal Justice Technology Regional Centers	Alaska Assoc of Chiefs of Police	AK	2009-IJ-CX-K018	$198,975	Closed
2007	A Multi-site Assessment of Court-Focused Elder Abuse Initiatives	NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse	American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education	DC	2007-IJ-CX-0107	$219,409	Closed
2008	Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123	NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Loyola University Chicago	IL	2006-IJ-CX-4032	$235,097	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
2019	Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population	Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2019-R2-CX-0017	$239,196	Closed
2018	Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts	NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	FL	2018-R2-CX-0021	$248,077	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Setting Up for Success: Improving Defendant's Court Appearance Rates with Behaviorally-Informed Pretrial Notification Protocols	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice	NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS	VA	2018-R2-CX-0029	$249,071	Open
2010	Forensic Science Training for California Indigent Defense Attorneys -- Using the NAS Report in Litigation	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	Los Angeles County	CA	2010-DN-BX-K259	$250,000	Closed
2008	Post-Conviction DNA Testing	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Washington Department of Commerce	WA	2008-DN-BX-K127	$250,306	Closed
2010	Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative	NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota	MN	2010-DY-BX-K007	$253,534	Closed