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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: Sentencing

Number of Awards: 22
Total Amount Awarded: $6,565,485

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Bail, Bias and Bargaining: Investigating Racial Dynamics in Plea Negotiations across Local Court Communities NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Prosecution Practice, Justice, Case Tracking, and Workforce UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-24-GG-01796-RESS $699,257 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 "Examining the Effects of Back-End Release Discretion on Prison Populations and Length of Stay: A State-by-State Analysis" NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04240-RESS $335,595 Open
2023 A multilevel analysis of juvenile life without parole and its reform: understanding the people, places, and politics that shape policy. NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IL 15PNIJ-23-GG-01952-TITL $166,500 Open
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
2023 Second looks for youth: An implementation evaluation of resentencing models in five jurisdictions NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY NJ 15PNIJ-23-GG-04239-RESS $692,889 Open
2022 Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis NIJ FY22 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System: A Study of Existing Evidence and Public Policy Implications ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 15PNIJ-22-GG-01426-NIJB $796,008 Open
2021 Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB $533,204 Open
2021 Court Decision-Making in Domestic Violence Cases: An Analysis of the Case Processing Pipeline in South Carolina Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02802-REVA $357,234 Open
2021 Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Federal Sentencing Research on the Impact of Public Policy on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-21-GG-02817-RESS $49,998 Closed
2020 Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 2020-75-CX-0004 $369,412 Past Project Period End Date
2020 The Only Thing Constant is Change: A Longitudinal Analysis of Race, Gender, and District-Level Effects in Federal Sentencing, 1998 - 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 CINCINNATI UNIV OF OH 2020-R2-CX-0016 $74,722 Closed
2016 The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disparities in Correctional Dispositions: Examining How Risk Assessment & Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Affects Sentencing Decisions of Adjudicated Juveniles W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime University of Cincinnati OH 2016-R2-CX-0045 $134,762 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2015 Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2015-R2-CX-0039 $39,997 Closed
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2011 Research on Violence and Victimization Across the Life Span, Special Topic: Offender Interventions: Why offenders desist from intimate partner violence NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. MA 2011-WG-BX-0001 $151,580 Closed
2009 Bargaining in the Shadow of Trial? Exploring the Reach of Evidence Outside the Jury Box NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research The Research Foundation of SUNY, University at Albany NY 2009-IJ-CX-0035 $511,283 Closed
2006 Comparative Sentencing: The Effect of Mandatory and Advisory Constraints on Judicial Decision-Making Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2007 The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego CA 2007-IJ-CX-0015 $19,465 Closed
2005 Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Outcomes - Incorporating Data from the Courtroom Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 State of Wisconsin WI 2005-IJ-CX-0003 $160,079 Closed
2003 Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing: CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION National Center For State Courts VA 2003-IJ-CX-1015 $268,121 Closed
2002 Of Fragmentation and Ferment: State Sentencing and Correctio The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2002-IJ-CX-0027 $268,383 Closed
2002 Understanding Sentencing: The Interactions of Laws, Defendent Cahracteristics, Prosecutorial Behavior and Judicial The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables University of Maryland MD 2002-IJ-CX-0023 $134,339 Closed