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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Number of Awards: 14
Total Amount Awarded: $4,119,719

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	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	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
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	Past Project Period End Date
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	Closed
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
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
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