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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,
City: Boston

Number of Awards: 101
Total Amount Awarded: $52,334,074

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 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
2016 Using Public Health Datasets to Analyze Legal Intervention Shootings Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-R2-CX-0038 $654,910 Open
2019 Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purpose of Labor in the United States Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2019-VT-BX-0038 $664,690 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Understanding the potential for Multidisciplinary Threat Assessment Teams to prevent terrorism: Conducting a formative evaluation of the MassBay Threat Assessment Team Research and Evaluation of Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2020 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE MA 2020-ZA-CX-0002 $488,390 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Understanding the Physical and Psychological Health and Wellness Needs of Minor Sex Trafficking Victims Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, Fiscal Year 2020 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2020-VT-BX-0111 $985,786 Open
2022 Understanding the Criminal Justice and Health Care Needs of Latinx Victims of Hate Crime and Bias Victimization NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-00999-RESS $896,836 Open
2012 Understanding Pathways to and away from Violent Radicalization among Resettled Somali Refugees NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization Children''s Hospital Corporation MA 2012-ZA-BX-0004 $593,894 Closed
2021 Understanding and targeting risk and protective factors for radicalization to violence: Advancing a public health approach to domestic terrorism prevention Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02720-DOMR $999,921 Open
2016 Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos Research on Bias Crimes Northeastern University MA 2016-V3-GX-0001 $558,575 Closed
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
2008 TRAINING COURSES FOR THE FORENSIC PRACTITIONER: LABORATORY EXPERIENCE WITH BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2008-DN-BX-K158 $900,000 Closed
2018 The Nature, Trends, Correlates and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018 NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2018-75-CX-0025 $498,929 Past Project Period End Date
2016 The Impact of State-Level Firearms Laws on Homicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2016-MU-MU-0047 $610,000 Closed
2016 The Impact of Correctional Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Well-being of Correctional Employees Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MA 2016-MU-MU-0010 $500,000 Closed
2013 The Dynamic Context of Teen Dating Violence Within Adolescent Relationships NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence Boston Medical Center Corporation MA 2013-VA-CX-0003 $787,595 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
2004 Testing the Effectivenes of a Comprehensive Fatigue Management Program for the Boston Police Testing the Effectivenes of a Comprehensive Fatigue management for the Boston Police The Brigham And Womens Hospital Inc MA 2004-FS-BX-0001 $1,499,969 Closed
2003 Terrorist Finance and the Nexus with Transnational Organized CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION Northeastern University MA 2003-DT-CX-0001 $612,298 Closed
2007 Sexual Assasult Among Latinas (SALAS) Project NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations Northeastern University MA 2007-WG-BX-0051 $450,585 Closed
2020 Root Causes of Bias-based Harassment in Schools: Risk and Protective Factors across Multiple Levels of the Social Ecology Research and Evaluation on School Safety, Fiscal Year 2020 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 2020-CK-BX-0005 $1,290,546 Open
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
2015 Research Assistantship Program, VAIW NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2015-IJ-CX-0014 $72,446 Closed
2023 Research & Evaluation of Boston's Community Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04265-CVIP $328,407 Open
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