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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: Correctional facilities

Number of Awards: 96
Total Amount Awarded: $49,088,071

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2016 Examining the Use and Impact of Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections CINCINNATI UNIV OF OH 2016-IJ-CX-0013 $452,452 Closed
2016 Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Restrictive Housing in America's Prisons and Jails Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2016-IJ-CX-0016 $1,410,096 Closed
2016 Impact of Victim Offender Dialogue on Victims of Serious Crimes: A Longitudinal Cohort-Control Study Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2016-VF-GX-0011 $653,159 Closed
2016 The Impact of Correctional Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Well-being of Correctional Employees Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2016-MU-MU-0010 $500,000 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 Racialized Cues and Support for Justice Reinvestment: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Opinion NIJ FY 15 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2015-IJ-CX-0003 $144,329 Closed
2015 Research on Contraband and Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research on the Efficacy of Different Contraband Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-IJ-CX-K001 $499,999 Closed
2015 To conduct this research, we will survey public state and federal adult prisons. The purpose of the survey is two-fold. First, it will provide us with needed descriptive information regarding the type NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $30,000 Closed
2015 Young Adults in Jails NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Vera Institute of Justice NY 2015-IJ-CX-0012 $500,407 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
2014 Measuring the Effects of Correctional Officer Stress on the Well-Being of the Officer and the Prison Workplace and Developing a Practical Index of Officer Stress for Use by Correctional Agencies NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2014-IJ-CX-0026 $666,268 Open
2014 Reducing Prison Misconduct with Evidence-Based Administrative Segregation Policies NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Cincinnati OH 2014-IJ-CX-0003 $32,000 Closed
2013 FY13 Continuation for SSBT CoE (Body Screening and AFIS Survey) NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. WV 2010-IJ-CX-K024 $399,981 Closed
2013 Peering into prison Prison peer effects and their policy implications NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of Maryland MD 2013-IJ-CX-0043 $30,000 Closed
2013 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries NIJ FY 13 The Impact of Safety Equipment Modalities on Reducing Correctional Officer Injuries CNA Corporation VA 2013-R2-CX-K002 $307,774 Closed
2012 A New Role for Technology: The Impact of Video Visitation on Corrections Staff, Prisoners, and their Families NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Vera Institute of Justice NY 2012-IJ-CX-0035 $355,296 Closed
2012 Evaluation of the FY2011 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects (Focus Area 2) NIJ FY 12 Evaluation of the FY 2010 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects Research Triangle Institute NC 2012-RY-BX-0001 $2,934,589 Closed
2012 EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2012-R2-CX-K006 $431,943 Closed
2012 How Justice System Realign in California: The Policies and Systematic Effects of Prison Downsizing NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University CA 2012-IJ-CX-0002 $145,445 Closed
2012 Impact of Incarceration on Families: A Single-Jurisdiction Pilot Study Using Triangulated Administrative Data & Qualitative Interviews NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2012-IJ-CX-0034 $498,707 Closed
2012 Stress Biomarkers Among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Excited Delirium and Severe Pain in the Emergency Department NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation MN 2012-R2-CX-K007 $338,747 Closed
2011 Assessing the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Inmate Maladjustment Within and Across State Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 11 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data University of South Carolina Research Foundation SC 2011-IJ-CX-0003 $34,913 Closed
2011 Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration: A National Academies Review NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations National Academy of Sciences DC 2011-DJ-BX-2029 $750,000 Closed
2011 Decision-making Factors Influencing the Wearing of Body Armor: A National Study NIJ FY 11 Body Armor Standards Research for Criminal Justice Applications NORC IL 2011-IJ-CX-K056 $383,641 Closed