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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: Correctional facilities

Number of Awards: 92
Total Amount Awarded: $47,172,845

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 A 28-year longitudinal study of victimization and perpetration of violence in high-risk youth: Advancing the development of preventive interventions in the community NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04269-CVIP $1,000,000 Open
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
2019 A Randomized Controlled Trial of ACTV versus T4C for Community Reentry: Differential Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2019-R2-CX-0013 $641,386 Open
2019 AI Enabled Community Supervision for Criminal Justice Services Artificial Intelligence Research and Development to Support Community Supervision, FY 2019 PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 2019-75-CX-K001 $1,999,778 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Demo of Shielded Micro Jamming (SMJ) in an Inmate Building at the Cumberland FCI NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications J3 TECHNOLOGY LLC FL 2018-75-CX-K004 $50,000 Open
2019 Resource Facilitation: A promising initiative shown to decrease recidivism in exiting offenders with traumatic brain injury Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 RHI FOUNDATION INC IN 2019-R2-CX-0030 $792,751 Open
2018 A Study on the Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Inmate Misconduct in the Loudoun County, VA Adult Detention Center NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections THE CNA CORPORATION VA 2018-75-CX-0019 $714,164 Closed
2018 BetaHub Support for Practitioner-Led Randomized Controlled Trials and Related Research in Correctional Facilities and Law Enforcement Agencies NIJ FY18 Non-solicited Applications NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 2018-75-CX-K008 $499,715 Closed
2018 Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Misconduct Behind Bars: A Randomized Control Trial of CBI-CC NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE DE 2018-75-CX-0020 $596,458 Open
2018 Combating the Use of Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities: A Multisite Technical Assessment and Evaluation of Interdiction Technologies NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-75-CX-K005 $999,841 Open
2018 Demo of Shielded Micro Jamming (SMJ) in an Inmate Building at the Cumberland FCI NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications J3 TECHNOLOGY LLC FL 2018-75-CX-K004 $298,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Evaluation of Using Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorders in a Correctional Setting NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-75-CX-0022 $648,227 Closed
2018 FY 18 Redesign Study of OJJDP's Juveniles in Corrections Data Collections Legacy OJJDP Research Grants RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2018-JX-FX-K001 $499,108 Closed
2018 Restoring Promise: A randomized control trial examining the impact of innovative young adult housing on reducing violence NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation in Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2018-75-CX-0021 $750,000 Closed
2018 RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities. NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 2018-75-CX-K002 $599,121 Closed
2017 Evaluation of in-prison programming for incarcerated women: Addressing trauma and prior victimization NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2017-VF-GX-0014 $749,534 Closed
2017 Interpersonal Violence and Institutional Misconduct in Jails: An Empirical Investigation of Adverse Events in the Los Angeles County Jail System NIJ FY17 New Investigator/Early Career Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY OR 2017-IJ-CX-0037 $184,636 Closed
2017 New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision FY 2017 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence-Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project. NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) New York State Department of Corrections and Community Super NY 2017-AK-BX-0012 $483,666 Open
2017 The Racial Effects of Prison Reform NIJ FY17 W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE CA 2017-IJ-CX-0033 $500,000 Closed
2016 Altering Administrative Segregation for Inmates and Staff: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Living and Working in Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 2016-R2-CX-0115 $631,559 Closed
2016 Assessing Trends In Deaths Associated With Opioid and Alcohol Withdrawal In Jails Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Rochester NY 2016-R2-CX-0037 $39,807 Closed
2016 Examining Prison Stays in Michigan Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data Central Michigan University MI 2016-R2-CX-0036 $40,000 Closed
2016 Examining the Use and Impact of Restrictive Housing Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 2016-IJ-CX-0013 $452,452 Closed
2016 Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Restrictive Housing in America's Prisons and Jails Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2016-IJ-CX-0016 $1,410,096 Closed
2016 Impact of Victim Offender Dialogue on Victims of Serious Crimes: A Longitudinal Cohort-Control Study Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2016-VF-GX-0011 $653,159 Closed