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                            Funding & Awards
 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. Description

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**Number of Awards:** 21**Total Amount Awarded:** $5,866,228
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                                                  Title
                                                  Original Solicitation
                                                  Recipient
                                                  State
                                                  Award Number
                                                  Amount
                                                  Status2023
                                                                                        "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
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2023
                                                                                        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 accepted2023
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2022
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Open2021
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2020
                                                                                        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 Date2020
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
                                                                                        OH
                                                                                        2020-R2-CX-0016
                                                                                        $74,722
                                                                                        Closed2016
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2015
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2011
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2009
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2006
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2005
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2003
                                                                                        Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing:
                                                                                        CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION
                                                                                        National Center For State Courts
                                                                                        VA
                                                                                        2003-IJ-CX-1015
                                                                                        $268,121
                                                                                        Closed2002
                                                                                        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
                                                                                        Closed2002
                                                                                        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
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