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: 162
Total Amount Awarded: $98,133,300

Funded Awards
FY	Title Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2021	"Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance".	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	CA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04707-NIJB	$885,090	Open
2008	2008 Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Texas Office of the Governor	TX	2008-DN-BX-K169	$500,000	Closed
2012	2012 North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission grant application for the NIJ Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program.	NIJ FY 12 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts	NC	2012-DY-BX-K001	$761,111	Closed
2023	21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon	JUSTICE INNOVATION INC.	NY	15PNIJ-23-GG-02235-RESS	$829,358	Open
2015	A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Safe Public Spaces in Schools Program (NIJ Comprehensive School Safety Initiative[Category 1])	NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	American Institutes for Research	DC	2015-CK-BX-0012	$2,042,273	Closed
2009	A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Court	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	National Center For State Courts	VA	2009-IJ-CX-0016	$438,065	Closed
2005	A Cost Evaluation of Drug Court Programs Compared to State Mandated Non-Drug Court Treatment Programs	Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05	Northwest Professional Consortium Inc	OR	2005-IJ-CX-0010	$284,715	Closed
1997	A Domestic Violence Electronic Monitoring Project in San Diego County	Ohio Statewide Consortium DNA Grant	Science Applications International Corporation	CA	1997-IJ-CX-K014	$474,130	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
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
2006	A National Portrait of Domestic Violence Courts	NIJ FY06 ORE Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence	Fund For The City of New York	NY	2006-WG-BX-0001	$275,064	Closed
2010	A Natural Experiment in Reform: Analyzing drug law policy change in New York State	NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration	Vera Institute of Justice Inc	NY	2010-IJ-CX-0030	$699,937	Closed
2017	A Post-Conviction Mentality: Prosecutorial Assistance as a Pathway to Exoneration	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	2017-IJ-CX-0012	$31,771	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
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
2023	A Statewide Mixed-methods Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s 8th Edition Sentencing Guidelines and their Impacts on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Outcomes	NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	PA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01365-NIJB	$730,834	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2009	ABA Study of Collateral Consequences for Criminal Convictions	NIJ FY 09 ORE Collateral Consequences	American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education	DC	2009-IJ-CX-0102	$707,924	Closed
2004	Alabama Sentencing Commission Prison Population Computer Simulation Model Project	National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation	Alabama Sentencing Commission	AL	2004-DD-BX-1014	$98,948	Closed
2006	Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123	NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Vera Institute of Justice	NY	2006-IJ-CX-0032	$273,897	Closed
2008	Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123	NIJ Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations	Loyola University Chicago	IL	2006-IJ-CX-4032	$235,097	Closed
2014	An Evaluation of Court System Best Practices for Domestic Violence Protective Orders	NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	2014-IJ-CX-0028	$491,154	Closed
2003	Anchorage Wellness Court Evaluation	CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	2003-DD-BX-1015	$633,880	Closed
2008	Arizona Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Project	NIJ FY08 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program	Arizona Criminal Justice Commission	AZ	2008-DN-BX-K145	$1,386,699	Closed
2009	Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Mental Health Courts as a Public Safety Strategy	NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research	Policy Research Associates Inc	NY	2009-IJ-CX-0038	$700,200	Closed
2018	Balancing Accuracy and Timeliness: The Stages of Criminal Prosecution in Cook County, IL	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	The University of Chicago	IL	2018-R2-CX-0001	$32,000	Closed