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: 49
Total Amount Awarded: $21,915,756

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
2012	Understanding Influence Across Justice Agencies: The Spread of Community Reformsfrom Law Enforcement to Prosecutor Organizations	NIJ FY 12 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data	Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	IL	2012-R2-CX-0022	$20,818	Closed
2010	Negotiated Justice: The Legal, Administrative and Policy Implications of "Pattern or Practice" Police Misconduct Reform	NIJ FY 10 ORE Ph.D.Graduate Research Fellowship Program	American University	DC	2010-IJ-CX-0001	$25,000	Closed
2023	California: A Decade of Decarceration	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS	$32,203	Open
2014	Implementing, Disseminating and Translating Evidence-Based Policy/Practice in Community Corrections	NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014	George Mason University	VA	2014-IJ-CX-0034	$46,859	Closed
2014	Translational Criminology: Research and Public Policy	NIJ FY 14 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation FY 2014	Florida State University	FL	2014-IJ-CX-0035	$58,545	Closed
2015	Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the InnocentUniversity of Kansas School of Law Multi-State Partnership for Innocence	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.	KS	2015-DY-BX-K004	$122,994	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
2015	Racialized Cues and Support for Justice Reinvestment: A Mixed-Method Study of Public Opinion	NIJ FY 15 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime	University of Massachusetts Boston	MA	2015-IJ-CX-0003	$144,329	Closed
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	Open
2011	Learning From Error In American Criminal Justice	NIJ FY 11 Visiting Fellowship Program	James M Doyle	MA	2011-IJ-CX-K060	$191,239	Closed
2007	A Multi-site Assessment of Court-Focused Elder Abuse Initiatives	NIJ FY 07 ORE Elder Abuse	American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education	DC	2007-IJ-CX-0107	$219,409	Closed
2007	Reduction of False Convictions Through Improved Identification Procedures: Further Refinements for Street Practice and Public Policy	NIJ FY 07 ORE Social Science Research & Forensic Evidence	Augsburg College	MN	2007-IJ-CX-0046	$236,577	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	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
2015	Orange County Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	County of Orange	CA	2015-DY-BX-K003	$250,000	Closed
2014	SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	State Appellate Defender Office	MI	2014-DY-BX-K004	$337,314	Closed
2015	Instilling a Culture of Continuous Learning From Criminal Justice System Errors: A Multi-Stakeholder Sentinel Event Review of Process in Philadelphia	NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	PA	2015-R2-CX-K040	$351,052	Open
2013	Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions	NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science	Urban Institute	DC	2013-IJ-CX-0004	$367,894	Closed
2014	Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures	NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	Texas State University	TX	2014-IJ-CX-0037	$389,690	Closed
2014	Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Committee for Public Counsel Services	MA	2014-DY-BX-K003	$391,345	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
2015	Postconviction DNA Program	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Cook County State''s Attorney''s Office	IL	2015-DY-BX-K007	$400,701	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
2015	WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan	NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University	MI	2015-DY-BX-K008	$418,099	Closed
2011	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 2011 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	American University	DC	2009-IJ-CX-4110	$450,858	Closed