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 Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
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
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
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
2014	Arizona DNA Advocacy Project	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University	AZ	2014-DY-BX-K001	$934,003	Closed
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
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
2014	California DNA Assistance Program (CADNAP)	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	California Governor''s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)	CA	2014-DY-BX-K002	$1,310,522	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	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	Open
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
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	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
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
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
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
2009	A Proposal for Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction	NIJ FY 09 ORE Social Science Research on Exoneration	George Mason University	VA	2009-IJ-CX-0110	$589,315	Closed
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
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
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
2015	Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change	NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	MI	2015-R2-CX-K041	$724,294	Closed
2014	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate	NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent	New Mexico Department of Public Safety	NM	2014-DY-BX-K005	$620,269	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
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