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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
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 Open
2024 PRIPARE: Parole and Reduced Incarceration for People thru Access to Re-Entry NIJ FY24 Field-Initiated Action Research Partnerships UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 15PNIJ-24-GG-05446-NIJB $400,000 Open
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 21st Century Criminal Defense Practice: An Examination of the Impact of Holistic Defense in Wayne County, Michigan NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon JUSTICE INNOVATION INC. NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-02235-RESS $829,358 Open
2023 A Mixed-Method Examination of the Effectiveness of Money Bail and other Pretrial Release Options NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-02233-NIJB $560,195 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 Open
2023 An Examination of the Law Enforcement Role in Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 15PNIJ-23-GG-02399-BSCI $425,304 Open
2023 Building Better Indigent Defense Systems NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-02234-RESS $800,000 Open
2023 California: A Decade of Decarceration NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 15PNIJ-23-GG-01938-RESS $32,203 Closed
2023 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center NIJ FY23 Criminal Justice Technology Testing and Evaluation Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-23-GK-00931-NIJB $3,500,000 Open
2023 Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Washington State and their Impact on Firearm-Related Arrests and Convictions NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01935-NONF $166,500 Open
2023 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GK-02192-MUMU $2,200,000 Open
2023 Losing Sleep and Losing Control: The Impact of Subjective and Objective Sleep on the Problem Behavior and Mental Health of Justice-Involved Young Adults NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01946-RESS $166,500 Open
2023 Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UT 15PNIJ-23-GG-04211-SLFO $604,409 Open
2023 Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System-The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK MD 15PNIJ-23-GG-01942-RESS $25,655 Closed
2023 Nanoparticle-Decorated Micropillars As Integrated Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Quantitative and High-Throughput Toxicology Drug Analysis NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04235-RESS $199,676 Open
2023 NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts AMERICAN UNIVERSITY DC 15PNIJ-22-GK-00035-VTCX $1,500,000 Open
2023 Pretrial Policy Change and Place: Evaluating the Impacts of Maryland's Bail Reform on Crime and Pretrial Outcomes across Courts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE CA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01931-RESS $55,500 Open
2023 Procedural Justice in Jails NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Correctional Culture and Climate THE CNA CORPORATION VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-06105-MUMU $894,789 Open
2023 Sampling and Selection Bias in Research using Documented Skeletal Collections NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-23-GG-01939-RESS $78,656 Open
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
2023 Thriving, Not Surviving: Refocusing Juvenile Justice Assessments and Strategies NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 15PNIJ-23-GG-01951-TITL $89,763 Open
2022 Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO $395,516 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