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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
2005 Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking Research on Trafficking in Human Beings - FY 2005 Northeastern University MA 2005-IJ-CX-0045 $350,994 Closed
2014 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $331,241 Closed
2012 FY12 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Boston MA 2012-DN-BX-K005 $314,372 Closed
2015 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2012-DN-BX-K821 $305,965 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
2000 Eval of Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community & LE CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program President And Fellows of Harvard College MA 2000-MU-MU-0015 $270,000 Closed
2006 A Multi-City Assessment of Juvenile Delinquency in the U.S.: A Continuation and Expansion of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study NIJ FY06 ORE Crime and Justice Research Northeastern University MA 2006-IJ-CX-0045 $252,698 Closed
1998 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE CONTINUATION AWARDS National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research MA 1998-LB-VX-K022 $250,000 Closed
2021 “All reentry is local”: Evaluating a Strategy to Reenter State Prisoners through Local Correctional Systems Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2021 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-00138-NIJB $249,766 Past Project Period End Date
2014 Evaluation of a Service Provision Program for Victims of Sex Trafficking NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2014-R2-CX-0005 $247,093 Closed
1993 Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods President And Fellows of Harvard College MA 1993-IJ-CX-K005 $230,000 Closed
2005 Evaluation of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission,Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research,National Institute of Justice,Fiscal Year: 07/01/04-06/30/05 Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research, FY05 President And Fellows of Harvard College MA 2005-IJ-CX-0005 $219,813 Closed
2007 New Approaches to Identifying Secondary Market Sources of Illegal Firearms NIJ FY 07 ORE Police and Public Safety Northeastern University MA 2007-IJ-CX-0030 $205,891 Closed
2012 Applied Research and Development of a Three-dimensional Topography System for Firearm Identification using GelSight NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC MA 2012-DN-BX-K058 $200,000 Closed
1993 Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods President And Fellows of Harvard College MA 1993-IJ-CX-K005 $200,000 Closed
2013 Applied Research and Development of a Three-dimensional Topography System for Imaging and Analysis of Striated and Impressed Tool Marks for Firearm Identification using GelSight NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC MA 2013-R2-CX-K005 $193,000 Closed
2000 Software Radio Infrastructure for Interoperability Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Vanu, Inc. MA 2000-MU-CX-K024 $169,973 Closed
2003 Program Acceleration/Enhancements for Microdevice DNA Forensics System supplemental National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research MA 1998-LB-VX-K022 $149,964 Closed
2001 Software Radio for School Safety National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Vanu, Inc. MA 2001-RD-CX-K003 $149,750 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
2002 Handheld Software Radio for Inteoperability Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Vanu, Inc. MA 2002-RD-CX-K004 $144,252 Closed
2022 Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO $139,905 Open
2000 Software Radio Infrastructure for Interoperability Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Vanu, Inc. MA 2000-MU-CX-K024 $119,736 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
2005 The Contextual Significance of Courtroom Workgroup Racial Diversity to Criminal Case Outcomes W.E.B DuBois Fellowship Program 2006 Northeastern University MA 2006-IJ-CX-0009 $75,523 Closed