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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
2003 Precision Indoor/Outdoor Personnel Location System National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA 2003-IJ-CX-K025 $996,497 Closed
2004 Precision Indoor/Outdoor Personnel Location System II National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards - Office of Research and Evaluation Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA 2003-IJ-CX-K025 $148,422 Closed
2005 Precision Indoor/Outdoor Personnel Location System III NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Earmarks Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA 2003-IJ-CX-K025 $1,973,286 Closed
2020 Study of the Reliability of Fire Pattern Indicators Used in Wildland Fire Investigation Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MA 2020-R2-CX-0047 $519,893 Open
2004 16x20 Inch Instant Film x-ray system National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology Wisner Classic Mfg Co Inc MA 2003-RD-CX-K012 $20,000 Closed
2003 16x20 X-Ray Cassette and Processor for Polaroid Instant Film National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Wisner Classic Mfg Co Inc MA 2003-RD-CX-K012 $150,000 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
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
2015 Responding to sexual assault on campus: A national assessment and systematic classification of the scope and challenges for investigation and adjudication NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Investigation and Adjudication of Campus Sexual Assault Wellesley College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0009 $555,677 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
2001 Software Radio for School Safety National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Vanu, Inc. MA 2001-RD-CX-K003 $149,750 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
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
2022 Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VALENTI, DENISE A MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS $595,000 Open
2018 Youth Initiated Mentoring:Investigating an innovative approach to mentoring at-risk youth Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Massachussetts Boston MA 2013-JU-FX-0005 $499,323 Closed
2018 Long-Term Impact of Risk Assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity Reforms in Juvenile Justice Legacy OJJDP Research Grants UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 2016-JF-FX-0057 $499,998 Closed
2020 Optimizing Supervision and Service Strategies to Reduce Reoffending: Accounting for Risks, Strengths, and Developmental Differences Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 2020-JX-FX-0005 $600,000 Open
2023 Building Equity in Objective Prison Classification: A Model for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01363-NIJB $599,976 Open
2014 Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Multi-site Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2012-IJ-CX-0052 $490,422 Closed
2009 Mobile Fingerprint Capture NIJ FY 09 Biometrics Technologies: Invited Full Proposals University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2009-IJ-CX-K021 $354,357 Closed
2013 Evaluation of a Multi-Faceted, U.S. Community-Based Muslim-Led CVE Program NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0003 $525,020 Closed
2014 Information Sharing and the Role of Sex Offender Registration and Notification NIJ FY 14 Information Sharing and Its Effect on Tracking Sex Offenders and Community Awareness: Examining a Key Function of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2014-AW-BX-K003 $1,000,000 Closed
2013 Understanding Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems: Investigator-Initiated University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-IJ-CX-0028 $233,307 Closed
2012 Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition in the U.S. NIJ FY 12 Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2012-IJ-CX-0052 $1,197,686 Closed
2013 Predictors of Injury and Reporting of Intraracial, Interracial, and Racially-Biased Nonsexual Assaults NIJ FY 13 Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-R2-CX-0033 $39,995 Closed