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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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Subtopic: Courts

Number of Awards: 162
Total Amount Awarded: $98,133,300

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2009 Bargaining in the Shadow of Trial? Exploring the Reach of Evidence Outside the Jury Box NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research The Research Foundation of SUNY, University at Albany NY 2009-IJ-CX-0035 $511,283 Closed
2013 Blind Collaborative Justice: Testing the Impact of Expert Blinding and Consensus Building on the Validity of Forensic Testimony NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science RAND Corporation CA 2013-IJ-CX-0002 $337,306 Closed
2023 Building Better Indigent Defense Systems NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS $800,000 Open
2013 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2013-DY-BX-K003 $962,489 Closed
2011 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2011-DY-BX-K001 $2,239,121 Closed
2017 Can Jury Instructions Have an Impact on Trial Outcomes NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0044 $489,085 Closed
2014 Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations and Parental Alienation NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence The George Washington University DC 2014-MU-CX-0859 $501,791 Closed
2009 Colorado Justice Review Project NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program ATTORNEY GENERAL COLORADO CO 2009-DN-BX-K242 $1,186,781 Closed
2011 Colorado Justice Review Project II NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Attorney General, Colorado CO 2011-DY-BX-K005 $1,208,077 Closed
2015 Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2015-R2-CX-0039 $39,997 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 POLICE FOUNDATION VA 2019-75-CX-0009 $662,407 Open
2003 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The Urban Institute DC 2003-DC-BX-1001 $570,835 Closed
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 Open
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
2018 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2018-75-CX-K006 $1,497,434 Open
2018 Criminal Justice Requirements Resources Consortium NIJ FY18 Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE VA 2018-75-CX-K007 $300,000 Open
2012 Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. NIJ FY 12 Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2012-IJ-CX-0052 $1,197,686 Closed
2009 Delivery of Two Online Training Modules (DNA and Fingerprints) for law enforcement, court officials and other forensic practitioners. NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Forensic Training Network, LLC CA 2009-DN-BX-K175 $30,000 Closed
2008 Discourses of Death: Language, Juries and "Future Danger" in Texas Death Penalty Trials NIJ FY 09 ORE Graduate Research Fellowship The Regents of the University of California CA 2009-IJ-CX-0005 $20,000 Closed
2014 Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at a Defendants First Appearance in Court NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The Research Foundation for the SUNY, University at Albany NY 2014-IJ-CX-0027 $381,402 Closed
2013 Evaluating the Effect of Holistic Indigent Defense Services on Case Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in the Bronx NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems: Investigator-Initiated RAND Corporation CA 2013-IJ-CX-0027 $334,998 Closed
2015 Evaluating the law enforcement, prosecutor, and court response to firearm-related crimes in St. Louis NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf of UMSL MO 2015-IJ-CX-0015 $564,773 Closed
2019 Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program Evaluations of Services for Victims of Crime, FY 2019 RAND CORPORATION, THE CA 2019-V3-GX-0002 $496,739 Closed
2012 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. VA 2012-VF-GX-0001 $598,720 Closed
2006 Evaluation of the processing of habeas corpus cases in US District Courts, Crime and Justice Research, National Institute of Justice. NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research Vanderbilt University TN 2006-IJ-CX-0020 $257,747 Closed