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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
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
2023 Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-05490-RESS $862,804 Open
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
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
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
2023 Evaluating Processes and Outcomes of Housing Models for Victims of Human Trafficking NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 15PNIJ-23-GK-01928-HT $654,195 Open
2021 Evaluability assessment and development of psychological and behavioral health approaches to prevent terrorism and facilitate reintegration of violent extremists. Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02727-DOMR $981,026 Open
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
2014 Establishing Exclusion Criteria and the Significance of Inclusion: Developing Tools for the Interpretation of Complex DNA Mixtures NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2014-DN-BX-K026 $813,843 Closed
2012 Establishing Exclusion Criteria and the Significance of Inclusion for Complex Low-Template DNA Mixtures NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2012-DN-BX-K050 $598,765 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
2015 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $45,863 Closed
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
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
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
2011 Divert and Alert: Mitigating and Warning of Traffic Threats to Police Stopped Along the Roadside NIJ FY 11 Officer Traffic Safety Research and Technology Development for Criminal Justice Applications Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2011-IJ-CX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2012 Divert and Alert: Mitigating and Warning of Traffic Threats to Police Stopped Along the Roadside NIJ FY 12 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2011-IJ-CX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2013 Divert and Alert: Mitigating and Warning of Traffic Threats to Police Stopped Along the Roadside NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2011-IJ-CX-K016 $500,000 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
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
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
2011 Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescent - II (DAVILA - II) NIJ FY 11 Research and Evaluation in Violence and Victimization Northeastern University MA 2011-WG-BX-0021 $555,896 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
2015 Continuation Funding for 2014-R2-CX-0005 NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2014-R2-CX-0005 $481,374 Closed
2015 Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization through Crime Reporting NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Northeastern University MA 2015-VF-GX-0105 $462,973 Closed