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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.
Showing Results For:
State: MA,
City: LOWELL

Number of Awards: 20
Total Amount Awarded: $10,387,500

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Exploring the Nexus of Human Trafficking and Drug Trafficking in a Border County NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 15PNIJ-24-GG-01907-RESS $649,732 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 Extreme Risk Protection Orders, Leakage, and Social Networks: The Legislative, Behavioral, and Social Contexts Surrounding Mass Public Shooting Incidents and Plots NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-02408-BSCI $985,776 Open
2023 Internal Affairs Complaint Investigations: A Multi-Site Comparison NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-05497-RESS $907,011 Open
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 LOWELL MA 2019-R2-CX-0067 $499,796 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Improving Identification, Prevalence Estimation, and Earlier Intervention for Victims of Labor and Sex Trafficking Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL MA 2019-VT-BX-0037 $499,483 Closed
2018 Informing The Utility of GPS Monitoring for Pretrial Probationary Supervision: An Examination of Reoffending and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-R2-CX-0004 $31,989 Closed
2018 Operation250: An Evaluation of a Primary Prevention Campaign focused on Online Safety and Risk Assessment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Prevention and Mitigation of Domestic Pathways to Terrorism UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 2018-ZA-CX-0002 $1,029,474 Closed
2015 Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2015-R2-CX-0039 $39,997 Closed
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
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
2014 The prosecution of child sexual abuse: A partnership to improve outcomes NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2014-MU-MU-0001 $498,333 Closed
2013 Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Radicalization Across Three Offender Types with Implications for Criminal Justice Training and Education NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2013-ZA-BX-0002 $530,298 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
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
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
2010 Mobile Fingerprint Capture NIJ FY 10 Office of Science and Technology Continuations University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2009-IJ-CX-K021 $102,635 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
2001 Explaining the Prevalence, Context, and Consequences Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2001-WT-BX-0501 $344,000 Closed
2001 Explaining the Prevalence, Context, and Consequences Process Evaluations in Four Tribal Drug Courts University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2001-WT-BX-0501 $428,189 Closed