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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
2016 Exploring Life-Course and Day-to-Day Experiences of Military Veterans in the Criminal Justice System New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Illinois State University IL 2016-R2-CX-0053 $95,831 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 Panacea or Poison: Can Propensity Score Modeling (PSM) Methods Replicate the Results from Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)? Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Portland State University OR 2016-R2-CX-0030 $39,972 Closed
2016 Pathways Linking Parental Incarceration and Child Well-being Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY OH 2016-IJ-CX-0012 $500,000 Closed
2016 Project SECURE: Keeping Kids Safe in San Francisco Unified School District. Comprehensive School Safety Initiative SRI INTERNATIONAL CA 2016-CK-BX-0002 $4,641,134 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
2016 The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 2016-IJ-CX-0014 $730,615 Closed
2016 The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disparities in Correctional Dispositions: Examining How Risk Assessment & Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Affects Sentencing Decisions of Adjudicated Juveniles W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime University of Cincinnati OH 2016-R2-CX-0045 $134,762 Closed
2016 The Intergenerational Consequences of Incarceration NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Northwestern University IL 2016-R2-CX-0022 $32,000 Closed
2016 Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women''s Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS) Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PA 2016-MU-MU-0011 $685,857 Closed
2015 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Forensic Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program County of San Mateo CA 2015-DN-BX-0080 $166,034 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2015 A Multiple Perspectives Analysis of the Influences on the School to Prison Pipeline in Virginia NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 2015-CK-BX-0007 $914,241 Open
2015 Advancing Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Abt Associates Inc. MA 2015-MU-MU-0003 $996,870 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 Evaluation of an Intensive Truancy Reduction Program (CISDRXT) within Communities In Schools (CIS) of the Dallas Region NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative EDVANCE RESEARCH, INC. TX 2015-CK-BX-0015 $4,609,701 Closed
2015 More than Mental Disorder: The Effects of Neighborhoods and Treatment on Recidivism for Probationers with Psychiatric Diagnoses NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Regents of the University of California CA 2015-IJ-CX-0004 $31,455 Closed
2015 Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-NE-BX-K001 $195,710 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 Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Columbus County Schools LEA, NC NC 2014-CK-BX-0104 $1,499,019 Open
2014 A Process and Impact Evaluation of The Veterans Moving Forward Program: Best Practices, Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships San Diego Association of Governments CA 2014-IJ-CX-0103 $334,360 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