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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Sentencing

Number of Awards: 463
Total Amount Awarded: $297,208,290

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations RAND Corporation CA 2013-MU-CX-K003 $1,499,980 Closed
2015 Impact of Community Treatment and Neighborhood Environment on Recidivism in Mental Health Courts NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences The Research Foundation for The State University of New York NY 2015-IJ-CX-0005 $31,999 Closed
2015 Improving the Sexual Assault Workflow - Efficient Sample Selection and Data Interpretation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence Sacramento, County of CA 2015-NE-BX-K004 $148,282 Closed
2015 Improving the Timeliness and Accuracy of Forensic Firearms Examinations at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Cumberland NC 2015-CD-BX-0074 $175,000 Closed
2015 Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among IPV Families NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence University of Washington WA 2015-VA-CX-0073 $697,120 Closed
2015 Investigating the Impacts of Institutional and Contextual Factors on Protection Order Decision-Making NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University AZ 2015-IJ-CX-0013 $369,928 Open
2015 Multi-Site Evaluations of Courts on the Frontline: Systematically Assessing Implementation and Intermediate Outcomes in Veterans Treatment Courts NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY MO 2015-VV-BX-K020 $761,231 Closed
2015 Nevada Forensic Science Improving Quality through Education NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Nevada Department of Public Safety NV 2015-CD-BX-0058 $66,679 Closed
2015 Probation officers'' compliance with the Youth Level of Service Inventory/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI): A multi-level study of post-implementation practice across Pennsylvania counties NIJ FY 15 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation Rutgers University-Newark NJ 2015-R2-CX-0015 $178,150 Closed
2015 Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Fund For The City of New York NY 2014-R2-CX-0007 $198,156 Closed
2015 Reading Intervention, Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for Adolescents: A Community Agency and University Partnership Project NIJ FY 15 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Ball State University IN 2015-IJ-CX-0011 $388,478 Closed
2015 Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons University of Kentucky Research Foundation KY 2015-MU-MU-0009 $570,150 Closed
2015 Suffolk County Forensic Analysis Improvement Program 2015 NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program County of Suffolk NY 2015-CD-BX-0070 $95,585 Closed
2014 A Group Randomized Trial of Restorative Justice Programming to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Middle and High School Students NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe Columbus County Schools LEA, NC NC 2014-CK-BX-0104 $1,499,019 Open
2014 A National Impact Study on the Effectiveness of School-based Youth Courts NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative WestEd CA 2014-CK-BX-0010 $1,836,976 Closed
2014 A Process and Impact Evaluation of The Veterans Moving Forward Program: Best Practices, Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships San Diego Association of Governments CA 2014-IJ-CX-0103 $334,360 Closed
2014 A Systematic Evaluation of the Analysis of Drug Microcrystals Using Infrared Microspectroscopy NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA 2014-R2-CX-K008 $53,481 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
2014 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation for a Statistically Based Comparison of Tool Marks using GelSight-Based 3D Imaging and Novel Comparison Algorithms for Firearm Forensics NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2014-DN-BX-K012 $190,400 Closed
2014 Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations and Parental Alienation NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence The George Washington University DC 2014-MU-CX-0859 $501,791 Closed
2014 Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at a Defendants First Appearance in Court NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems-Related Topical Areas The Research Foundation for the SUNY, University at Albany NY 2014-IJ-CX-0027 $381,402 Closed
2014 Effective School Staff Interactions with Students and Police: A Training Model NIJ FY 14 Investigator-Initiated Research: The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Connecticut Office of Policy and Management CT 2014-CK-BX-0003 $566,104 Closed
2014 Evaluation of the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Research Triangle Institute NC 2011-RY-BX-0003 $845,926 Closed
2014 Forensic Science Technology Center of Excellence FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Research Triangle Institute NC 2011-DN-BX-K564 $3,199,030 Closed
2014 FY 2014 NIJ DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program - Rhode Island Department of Health NIJ FY 14 DNA Arrestee Collection Process Implementation Grants Program Rhode Island Public Safety Grant Administration Office RI 2014-DN-BX-K126 $190,980 Closed