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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
2011 FY11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police - Forensic Services Group (MSPFSG) NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2011-DN-BX-K434 $1,534,319 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
2013 FY13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant - Massachusetts NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2013-CD-BX-0003 $312,200 Closed
2007 FY2007 Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Massachusetts State Police NIJ FY 07 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2007-DN-BX-K010 $50,000 Closed
2008 FY2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Boston Police Department NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement City of Boston MA 2008-DN-BX-K121 $351,378 Closed
2009 FY2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - City Of Boston NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program City of Boston MA 2009-DN-BX-K154 $312,794 Closed
2009 FY2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Program-Base & Competitive Massachusetts NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2009-CD-BX-0028 $338,696 Closed
2009 FY2009 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City Of Boston MA 2009-DN-BX-K253 $491,265 Closed
2010 FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program - Base Funds FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2010-CD-BX-0004 $660,748 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Boston Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Boston MA 2011-DN-BX-K424 $371,006 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Boston Police Department NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Boston MA 2012-DN-BX-0092 $312,244 Closed
2013 FY2013 DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Massachusetts State Police NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2013-DN-BX-0019 $1,405,618 Closed
2013 FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Boston Police Department NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Boston MA 2013-DN-BX-0027 $311,809 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
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
2015 Gang Affiliation and Radicalization to Violent Extremism within Somali-American Communities NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations Children's Hospital Corporation MA 2014-ZA-BX-0001 $463,910 Closed
2019 Grooming Traffickers: Investigating the Techniques and Mechanisms for Seducing and Coercing New Traffickers Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2019-R2-CX-0067 $499,796 Past Project Period End Date
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
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
2011 Human Trafficking Organizations and Facilitators: A Detailed Profile and Interviews with Convicted Traffickers in the United States NIJ FY 11 Research Solicitation on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Abt Associates Inc. MA 2011-IJ-CX-0017 $488,007 Closed
2009 Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases NIJ FY 09 ORE Crime and Justice Research Northeastern University MA 2009-IJ-CX-0015 $501,352 Closed
2001 Identifying Forensic Markers in Elder Sexual Abuse National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Boston College MA 2001-IJ-CX-K015 $99,264 Closed
2020 Impact of Organizational Stressors on Health and Wellness: A Longitudinal Study of Occupational Stress, Trauma Exposure, Psychological Distress, and Suicide Risk among Correction Officers Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in Criminal Justice System, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2020-R2-CX-0007 $996,440 Open
2015 Implementation Studies: Comprehensive Gang Model Evaluation: Integrating Research Into Practice NIJ FY 15 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation Suffolk University MA 2015-R2-CX-0013 $286,740 Closed
2014 Implicit Racial Bias, Community Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice NIJ FY 14 W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture and Crime Northeastern University MA 2014-IJ-CX-0031 $49,679 Closed