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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.

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

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Subtopic: Sentencing

Number of Awards: 457
Total Amount Awarded: $295,122,942

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2014 Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs - Year 2 Continuation FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards RAND Corporation CA 2013-MU-CX-K003 $2,099,562 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
2014 Long Term Effects of Drug Court Participation Evidence from a 15 Year Follow up of a Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Maryland MD 2014-IJ-CX-0009 $31,982 Closed
2014 Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Committee for Public Counsel Services MA 2014-DY-BX-K003 $391,345 Closed
2014 NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2014-DY-BX-K005 $620,269 Closed