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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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State: MA,
District: 7

Number of Awards: 86
Total Amount Awarded: $45,911,494

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-R2-CX-0013 $50,000 Closed
2016 Development of a New Measure of Adolescent Dating Aggression: National Norms with a Focus on Marginalized Youth Research on Measurement of Teen Dating Violence TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2016-IJ-CX-0006 $499,988 Closed
2016 Engineering a High-Fidelity, Damage-Tolerant Polymerase for the Forensic Analysis of Damaged DNA Samples Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $46,567 Closed
2016 Evaluation of the Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism Initiative Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-ZA-BX-K001 $750,000 Closed
2016 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $376,904 Closed
2016 Research Assistantship Program, VAIW Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0014 $144,438 Closed
2016 The Impact of Correctional Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Well-being of Correctional Employees Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2016-MU-MU-0010 $500,000 Closed
2016 The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2016-MU-MU-0047 $610,000 Closed
2016 Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos Research on Bias Crimes Northeastern University MA 2016-V3-GX-0001 $558,575 Closed
2016 Using Public Health Datasets to Analyze Legal Intervention Shootings Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-R2-CX-0038 $654,910 Open
2017 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $48,818 Open
2017 Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes ARC BIO LLC MA 2017-DN-BX-0140 $993,718 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $48,648 Closed
2017 Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2017-VF-GX-0005 $725,999 Closed
2017 Racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injuries NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2017-IJ-CX-0018 $693,695 Closed
2017 Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2017-IJ-CX-0011 $32,000 Closed
2018 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY18 Continuations Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $49,832 Open
2018 Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2018-MU-MU-0013 $462,091 Closed
2018 Crime in Public Space and Online Domains: Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in Massage Businesses NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-R2-CX-0005 $32,000 Closed
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 Closed
2019 Developing, Visualization, and Reporting a Combined 2D+3D Automated Dental Biometrics Identification System for Forensic Odontology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE INC MA 2019-R2-CX-0036 $100,000 Closed
2019 Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-R2-CX-0066 $288,615 Closed
2019 Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-VT-BX-0038 $664,690 Past Project Period End Date
2020 3D morphology of blood stain can provide critical information missed in standard bloodstain analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-DQ-BX-0006 $361,656 Past Project Period End Date