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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Number of Awards: 89
Total Amount Awarded: $46,288,748

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	Open
2023	"Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis"	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	MN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04240-RESS	$335,595	Open
2023	A multilevel analysis of juvenile life without parole and its reform: understanding the people, places, and politics that shape policy.	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	IL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01952-TITL	$166,500	Open
2023	Building Better Indigent Defense Systems	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon	SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS	$800,000	Open
2023	California: A Decade of Decarceration	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS	$32,203	Closed
2023	Examining the Impacts of Body-Worn Cameras on Correctional Culture, Climate, and the Well-Being of Staff and Incarcerated Persons	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate	THE CNA CORPORATION	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-06102-FSAX	$874,312	Open
2023	Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY	MA	15PNIJ-23-GG-05490-RESS	$862,804	Open
2023	NIJ Community Violence Intervention Research and Evaluation Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center	NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support	THE URBAN INSTITUTE	DC	15PNIJ-23-GG-04264-CVIP	$5,000,000	Open
2023	Pathways to Resilience: Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Reforms in Oklahoma	NIJ FY23 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	VA	15PNIJ-23-GG-02409-TITL	$1,095,972	Open
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
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	Enhancing Procedural Justness of Encounters Through Substantiation (EPJETS): The Atlantic County Randomized Controlled Trial.	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	STOCKTON UNIVERSITY	NJ	15PNIJ-21-GG-02718-RESS	$702,956	Open
2021	Juvenile Justice Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: Responses, and Opportunities for Reform	Research on Juvenile Justice Topics, Fiscal Year 2021	JUSTICE INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK INC.	DC	15PNIJ-21-GG-03266-RESS	$597,283	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Prisons as Schools for Change: Evidence from Illinois	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-00139-NIJB	$585,726	Past Project Period End Date
2021	Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	IL	15PNIJ-21-GG-02806-RESS	$837,477	Open
2020	The Only Thing Constant is Change: A Longitudinal Analysis of Race, Gender, and District-Level Effects in Federal Sentencing, 1998 - 2016	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	CINCINNATI UNIV OF	OH	2020-R2-CX-0016	$74,722	Closed
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	Past Project Period End Date
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	Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment	Research into Desistance from Crime, FY 2019	RAND CORP	CA	2019-R2-CX-0031	$599,510	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