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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 Sort descending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2017 A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Rutgers University-Newark NJ 2017-IJ-CX-0012 $31,771 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
2017 The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE TN 2017-IJ-CX-0007 $49,898 Closed
2018 Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences The University of Chicago IL 2018-R2-CX-0001 $32,000 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
2018 Improving the Accuracy and Fairness of Pretrial Release Decisions: A Multi-Site Study of Risk Assessments Implemented in Four Counties NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0023 $77,768 Closed
2018 Investigative and Prosecutorial Strategies for Mitigating Pathways to Radicalization: Creation of a Federal Terrorism Court Record Repository NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM AR 2018-ZA-CX-0003 $731,927 Closed
2018 Legal Responses to Human Trafficking:Evaluability Assessments and Future Evaluation Designs NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK NY 2018-VT-BX-0002 $428,073 Closed
2018 National Juvenile Court Data Archive Legacy OJJDP Research Grants NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES NV 2018-JX-FX-0002 $1,950,000 Closed
2018 National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs Legacy OJJDP Research Grants NORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL CONSORTIUM, INC. OR 2018-DC-BX-0056 $856,308 Open
2018 Setting Up for Success: Improving Defendant's Court Appearance Rates with Behaviorally-Informed Pretrial Notification Protocols NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS VA 2018-R2-CX-0029 $249,071 Open
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 Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2018-VA-CX-0001 $1,027,123 Open
2018 Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 2018-R2-CX-0021 $248,077 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Young Adult Court: A New Approach to Justice NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 2018-R2-CX-K001 $783,834 Open
2019 A Law Enforcement Pathway to Treatment: A Multi-Site Evaluation of Self-Referral Deflection Programs Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2019-75-CX-0011 $990,808 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 NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE VA 2019-75-CX-0009 $662,407 Open
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
2019 Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-75-CX-0010 $497,208 Closed
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
2021 "Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance". W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB $885,090 Open
2021 A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 15PNIJ-21-GG-02807-RESS $632,781 Open
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