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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Number of Awards: 51
Total Amount Awarded: $23,138,036

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Incentivized Informants and Wrongful Convictions: Understanding the Risks and Mitigating the Effects	NIJ FY24 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	LIFE AFTER JUSTICE	IL	15PNIJ-24-GK-03091-MUMU	$1,133,976	Open
2024	The Ecology of Resilience: Examining Impacts of Service Engagement, Facility Safety, and Trauma History on Positive Life Trajectories in Justice-Involved Youth	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	UT	15PNIJ-24-GG-01580-RESS	$88,304	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023	California: A Decade of Decarceration	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS	$32,203	Past Project Period End Date
2022	Statewide Law Enforcement Crime Research, Evaluation, and Analysis	NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program	CRIME RESEARCH GROUP, INC.	VT	15PNIJ-22-GK-00244-BRND	$165,000	Closed
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	Examining the multifaceted impacts of drug decriminalization on public safety, law enforcement, and prosecutorial discretion	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY	OR	15PNIJ-21-GG-02804-RESS	$495,596	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	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
2018	A Micro and Macro-Level Assessment of Juvenile Justice Placement Reform in Ohio	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	University of Cincinnati	OH	2015-JF-FX-0064	$247,090	Closed
2018	A Process Evaluation of the Continuum of Services Model in Virginia's Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	MD	2017-JF-FX-0062	$749,995	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE	MD	2016-JF-FX-0059	$249,310	Closed
2018	Bridging Research and Practice to Advance Juvenile Justice and Safety	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Urban Institute	DC	2015-MU-MU-K002	$500,000	Closed
2018	Estimating the causal relationships among juvenile justice system improvements, youth crime, and juvenile confinement	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Research Foundation of CUNY o/b/o John Jay College	NY	2017-JF-FX-0064	$124,954	Closed
2018	Long-Term Impact of Risk Assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity Reforms in Juvenile Justice	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL	MA	2016-JF-FX-0057	$499,998	Closed
2018	OJJDP FY 16 Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Reforms Program	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	WESTAT, INC.	MD	2016-JF-FX-0058	$499,752	Closed
2018	Rigorous Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Reform	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	MD	2018-CZ-BX-0026	$985,433	Past Project Period End Date
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$500,000	Closed
2018	Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Northwestern University	IL	2013-JF-FX-0057	$499,996	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	21st Century Policing: Cross-Site, Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review Project	Research on "Sentinel Events" and Criminal Justice System Errors	PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & EVALUATION	MD	2016-IJ-CX-K005	$642,348	Closed
2015	2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts	NC	2015-DY-BX-K001	$565,639	Closed
2015	Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	WI	2015-DY-BX-K006	$633,170	Closed
2015	Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	HI	2015-DY-BX-K002	$410,492	Closed