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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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Number of Awards: 162
Total Amount Awarded: $98,133,300

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2012 The Contextual Determinants and Implications of Back-end Sentencing NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program Regents of the University of Michigan MI 2012-IJ-CX-0044 $25,000 Closed
2012 The Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws on State Rates of Returns to Prison NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program University of Maryland MD 2012-IJ-CX-0006 $25,000 Closed
2012 The Role of Indigent Defense for Defendants with Mental Health Disorders NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense Vera Institute of Justice NY 2012-R2-CX-0009 $485,625 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
2012 Waiver of Counsel in Juvenile Court NIJ FY 12 Social Science Research on Indigent Defense Georgetown University DC 2012-R2-CX-0008 $510,953 Closed
2011 California DNA Assistance Program NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governor's Office of Emergency Services CA 2011-DY-BX-K001 $2,239,121 Closed
2011 Colorado Justice Review Project II NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Attorney General, Colorado CO 2011-DY-BX-K005 $1,208,077 Closed
2011 Forensic Evidence and Criminal Justice Outcomes in a Statewide Sample of Sexual Assault Cases NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois IL 2011-WG-BX-0005 $97,519 Closed
2011 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program for the State of Louisiana NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Louisiana Department of Justice LA 2011-DY-BX-K003 $1,152,958 Closed
2011 Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of South Florida FL 2011-IJ-CX-0004 $93,553 Closed
2011 Responding to Fiscal Challenges in State Correctional Systems: A National Study of Prison Closings and Alternative Strategies NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Justice Systems RAND Corporation CA 2011-IJ-CX-0011 $999,952 Closed
2011 Reviewing cases in Minnesota where DNA is dispositive of innocence. NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program JUDICARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MN 2011-DY-BX-K002 $658,348 Closed
2011 The Connecticut Postconviction DNA Testing Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Public Defender Services CT 2011-DY-BX-K007 $1,392,176 Closed
2011 The Impact of Forensic Evidence on Arrest and Prosecution NIJ FY 11 Social Science Research in Forensic Science University of New Haven CT 2011-DN-BX-0003 $174,668 Closed
2011 Wisconsin Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program 2011 NIJ FY 11 Post Conviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance WI 2011-DY-BX-K006 $778,329 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
2010 Evaluation of the Second Chance Act Reentry Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act: FY2010 State, Tribal, and Local Reentry Courts Program Northwest Professional Consortium, Inc. OR 2010-RY-BX-0001 $2,988,850 Closed
2010 Evidence-Based Screening and Assessment: A Randomized Trial of a Validated Assessment Tool in Three New York City Drug Courts NIJ FY 10 ORE Research on Sentencing and Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration Fund For The City of New York NY 2010-IJ-CX-0031 $389,093 Closed
2010 Examining the Evidence: The Science of Forensic Science NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Twin Cities Public Television MN 2010-DN-BX-K238 $1,053,299 Closed
2010 Forensic Science Training for California Indigent Defense Attorneys -- Using the NAS Report in Litigation NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Los Angeles County CA 2010-DN-BX-K259 $250,000 Closed
2010 Impact of Legal Representatives on Child Custody Decisions among Families with History of Intimate Partner Violence NIJ FY 10 ORE Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Family Violence University of Washington WA 2010-IJ-CX-0022 $844,297 Closed
2010 Junior Faculty Grant Program: Comparative Evaluation of Court-Based Responses to Offenders with Mental Illness NIJ FY 10 ORE Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships The University of Chicago IL 2010-IJ-CX-0033 $440,437 Closed
2010 Legal change and sentencing norms in federal court: An examination of the impact of the Booker, Gall, and Kimbrough decisions NIJ FY 10 ORE Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data The Regents of the University of California CA 2010-IJ-CX-0010 $35,000 Closed
2010 MD Postconviction DNA Testing Assiatance Program NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2010-DY-BX-K006 $48,298 Closed
2010 Minnesota Justice Coalition: Postconviction DNA Testing Initiative NIJ FY 10 Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program Judiciary Courts of the State of Minnesota MN 2010-DY-BX-K007 $253,534 Closed