Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture
Annual award honoring early career researchers for innovative and impactful contributions to criminal justice and public policy research.
Funder: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Due Dates: July 15, 2026 (Application submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: Monetary prize (amount not specified) and opportunity to present at the Committee on Law and Justice meeting
Summary: Annual award recognizing early career researchers with innovative public policy and criminal justice research portfolios.
Description
The Mark Kleiman Innovation for Public Policy Memorial Lecture is an annual award honoring the legacy of Mark Kleiman, a distinguished policy analyst and teacher. This program recognizes an early career investigator whose research portfolio demonstrates innovative, novel, and sometimes contrarian contributions to criminal justice decision making and public policy, or closely related fields. Recipients receive a monetary prize and are invited to deliver a lecture at a meeting of the Committee on Law and Justice at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The award aims to encourage creative, impactful research in public policy, especially among early career professionals.
