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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 Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Organizational Efficiency and Early Disposition Programs in Federal Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Urban Institute DC 2010-IJ-CX-0013 $37,809 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
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
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 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Assistance
Program - FFY'10 		NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Washington Department of Commerce WA 2010-DY-BX-K004 $576,631 Closed
2010 Postconviction DNA Testing (PDNAT) Assistance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2010-DY-BX-K005 $687,448 Closed
2012 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2012-DY-BX-K004 $589,638 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority IL 2013-DY-BX-K002 $332,533 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
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2011-DY-BX-K003 $1,152,958 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K004 $511,438 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013 NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System WI 2013-DY-BX-K404 $511,438 Closed
2013 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program; Review of cases for Post-Conviction DNA testing. NIJ FY 13 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Prosecuting Attorneys' Council GA 2013-DY-BX-K007 $424,038 Closed
2013 Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: Proposed inoculant and antidote for feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2013-IJ-CX-0010 $25,000 Closed
2023 Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS $55,500 Open
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
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
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
2012 Race, Juvenile Court Processing and Case Outcomes: Fluctuation or Stability? NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of South Florida FL 2012-IJ-CX-0051 $38,167 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
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
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
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
2012 Research on District Attorneys'' Pretrial Diversion Programs: A Proposal for a Comprehensive Multi-Method Study NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Fund for the City of New York NY 2012-IJ-CX-0036 $1,000,000 Closed
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