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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Corrections

Number of Awards: 504
Total Amount Awarded: $284,150,979

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities. NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 2018-75-CX-K002 $599,121 Closed
2018 Testing the Efficacy of Pretrial Diversion: A Randomized Trial at the San Francisco Neighborhood Courts NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2018-R2-CX-0028 $750,000 Closed
2018 The Final Stage Reentry Project: An RCT of Expungement and its Effect on Recidivism, Housing, and Employment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE MA 2019-RY-BX-0001 $1,129,918 Open
2018 Youth Initiated Mentoring:Investigating an innovative approach to mentoring at-risk youth Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Massachussetts Boston MA 2013-JU-FX-0005 $499,323 Closed
2017 A Developmental Study of the Keeping Kids in School Initiative NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WESTED CA 2017-CK-BX-0018 $999,333 Closed
2017 Assessing the Impact of Pre-Adjudication Assessment Approaches on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Oregon NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime Portland State University OR 2017-IJ-CX-0116 $360,620 Closed
2017 Defining the Impact of Stress and Traumatic Events on Correctional Officers NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OR 2017-R2-CX-0036 $737,995 Closed
2017 Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Correctional Officers: A Biopsychosocial Approach NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System CORRECTIONS KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT KY 2017-R2-CX-0035 $677,990 Closed
2017 Evaluation of in-prison programming for incarcerated women: Addressing trauma and prior victimization NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0014 $749,534 Closed
2017 Interpersonal Violence and Institutional Misconduct in Jails: An Empirical Investigation of Adverse Events in the Los Angeles County Jail System NIJ FY17 New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY OR 2017-IJ-CX-0037 $184,636 Closed
2017 Making Schools Safer and/or Creating a Pipeline to Prison: A Study of North Carolina Schools NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 2017-CK-BX-0006 $498,265 Closed
2017 New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision FY 2017 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence-Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project. NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) New York State Department of Corrections and Community Super NY 2017-AK-BX-0012 $483,666 Open
2017 Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-MU-BX-0002 $467,885 Closed
2017 Physiological and Psychological Responses to Critical Incidents among Correctional Officers NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 2017-R2-CX-0032 $787,907 Closed
2017 Prevalence of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Oral Fluid NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2017-R2-CX-0019 $311,221 Closed
2017 Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-R2-CX-0021 $494,695 Closed
2017 The Racial Effects of Prison Reform NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0033 $500,000 Closed
2016 A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study of School Violence and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Root Causes and Consequences of and Implications for Restorative Justice Approaches Comprehensive School Safety Initiative RMC RESEARCH CORPORATION NH 2016-CK-BX-0014 $499,863 Closed
2016 Altering Administrative Segregation for Inmates and Staff: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2016-R2-CX-0115 $631,559 Closed
2016 An Investigation of School Resource and Safety Programs Policy and Practice in Virginia Comprehensive School Safety Initiative VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY VA 2016-CK-BX-0021 $689,416 Closed
2016 Assessing the Role of Immigration in the Linkage between School Safety, Education, and Juvenile Justice Contact Comprehensive School Safety Initiative TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY TX 2016-CK-BX-0015 $776,949 Closed
2016 Assessing Trends In Deaths Associated With Opioid and Alcohol Withdrawal In Jails Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Rochester NY 2016-R2-CX-0037 $39,807 Closed
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 Race and Gender Disparities in Restricted Housing Placements W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime Sam Houston State University TX 2016-R2-CX-0043 $100,000 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