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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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Subtopic: Justice system reform

Number of Awards: 49
Total Amount Awarded: $21,915,756

Funded Awards
FY Title Sort descending Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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 POLICE FOUNDATION VA 2019-75-CX-0009 $662,407 Open
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
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
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
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 Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent University of Illinois Springfield IL 2015-DY-BX-K005 $753,958 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
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