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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

Number of Awards: 289
Total Amount Awarded: $135,694,274

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 Evaluating program enhancements for mentors working with children of prisoners Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2014-JU-FX-0004 $2,499,597 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
2003 Evaluating & Improving Risk Assessment & Schemes for Sexual CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Brandeis University MA 2003-WG-BX-1002 $249,940 Closed
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
2014 Environmental Scan of Family Justice Centers in the United States NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence Abt Associates Inc. MA 2014-ZD-CX-0013 $299,971 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
2003 Elderly Victims of Sexual Abuse and Their Offenders CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Boston College MA 2003-WG-BX-1007 $252,110 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
2005 Drugs & Crime Research & Evaluation Drugs and Crime Full Application Abt Associates Inc. MA 2005-IJ-CX-0024 $269,495 Closed
2009 Double Dervish: EOD Universal Cutting Tool NIJ FY 09 Recovery Act: Law Enforcement Technology Research and Development Technical Products Inc. MA 2009-SQ-B9-K017 $160,212 Closed
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - FY2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Massachusetts State Police MA 2004-DN-BX-K128 $607,962 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2005-DA-BX-K062 $515,000 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2015-DN-BX-0108 $1,275,624 Closed
2009 DNA Analysis of LCN Samples: Towards Fully Integrated STR Profiling NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Network Biosystems, Inc. MA 2009-DN-BX-K256 $496,991 Closed
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
2005 Development, Testing, and Evaluation of the Use of Polygraphs to Combat Violence Against Women Technology to Combat Violence Against Women Full Applications BOTEC Analysis Corporation MA 2005-WG-BX-0010 $324,877 Closed
2000 Development of an Authorized-User-Only Handgun Enhancing DNA ID Capabilities for Reduction of Violent Crime Smith & Wesson MA 2000-RD-CX-K001 $300,000 Closed