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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: Case processing

Number of Awards: 145
Total Amount Awarded: $82,450,594

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2008 Kentucky Innocence Project NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet KY 2008-DN-BX-K184 $1,164,441 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
2009 Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Policy Research Associates Inc NY 2009-IJ-CX-0038 $700,200 Closed
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
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
2009 Examining the Policies, Practices, and Implications of Collecting DNA from Arrestees NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research in Forensic Science The Urban Institute DC 2009-DN-BX-0004 $314,024 Closed
2009 FY09 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program NIJ FY09 Office of Science and Technology Congressionally Directed Awards Ohio Attorney General OH 2009-D1-BX-K106 $1,020,000 Closed
2009 How Accurately Do Eyewitnesses Determine if a Person is Familiar and How Does this Affect Plea Bargaining Decisions by Prosecution and Defense Attorneys? NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Claremont Graduate University CA 2009-IJ-CX-0019 $225,130 Closed
2009 Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Northeastern University MA 2009-IJ-CX-0015 $501,352 Closed
2009 Maryland Postconviction DNA Analysis NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2009-DN-BX-K241 $307,000 Closed
2009 Minnesota Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2009-DN-BX-K239 $859,527 Closed
2009 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program State of North Carolina NC 2009-DN-BX-K247 $566,980 Closed
2009 Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2009-DN-BX-K245 $1,376,206 Closed
2009 Police Decision Making In Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crimes Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, 2006-2008 NIJ FY09 Research and Evaluation on Sexual and Teen Dating Violence Arizona State University AZ 2009-WG-BX-0009 $204,492 Closed
2009 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2009-DY-BX-K240 $2,500,000 Closed
2009 The Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision-Making in County Prosecutors' Offices NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2009-IJ-CX-0040 $393,564 Closed
2009 The Connecticut Post Conviction DNA testing program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program STATE OF CONNECTICUT CT 2009-DY-BX-K243 $1,486,134 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
2009 The Virtual Courtroom: Bringing Actual Forensic Training Content and Resources to Prosecutors Nationwide throug the Internet NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program New York Prosecutors Training Institute NY 2009-DN-BX-K202 $866,440 Closed
2009 US DOJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2009-DY-BX-K246 $924,648 Closed
2009 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 09 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2009-DN-BX-K244 $647,286 Closed
2010 Assessing the Role of Juvenile Mental Health Courts in Handling DUI Cases NIJ FY 10 ORE Continuations Policy Research Associates Inc NY 2009-IJ-CX-0038 $201,600 Closed
2010 Deterrence and the Death Penalty NIJ FY 10 ORE Continuations National Academy of Sciences DC 2010-IJ-CX-0018 $85,000 Closed
2010 Legal change and sentencing norms in federal court: An examination of the impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough decisions NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Regents of the University of California CA 2010-IJ-CX-0010 $35,000 Closed
2010 MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assiatance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2010-DY-BX-K006 $48,298 Closed