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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

Showing Results For:
State: MA,
District: 5

Number of Awards: 93
Total Amount Awarded: $47,720,566

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Regulating Data Bias in Intelligent Decision Making NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01934-RESS $55,500 Closed
2021 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 Research and Evaluation on Domestic Terrorism Prevention, Fiscal Year 2021 ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL INC MA 15PNIJ-21-GG-02726-DOMR $1,126,264 Open
2020 Augmenting, Analyzing, and Archiving Criminal Trajectories in Four Birth Cohorts from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1995-2023 Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE MA 2020-JX-FX-0002 $674,183 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Pathways to Safety: An Examination of Federal and State-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Elder Abuse Reporting and Response Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2020 EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. MA 2020-75-CX-0003 $433,368 Closed
2019 Experimental Test of Rehabilitative Field Work for Moderate-to-High Risk Adults Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 ABT GLOBAL LLC MA 2019-R2-CX-0012 $1,465,043 Open
2018 Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MIT Lincoln Laboratory MA 2018-DU-BX-0192 $649,938 Closed
2018 Post-Blast Explosives Attribution NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MA 2018-DU-BX-0193 $599,738 Declined
2018 The Final Stage Reentry Project: An RCT of Expungement and its Effect on Recidivism, Housing, and Employment NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE MA 2019-RY-BX-0001 $1,129,918 Open
2016 Developing Methods for Assessing Outcomes of Law and Policy on Drug Trafficking Offenders, Organizations, and Criminal Justice Responses Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime ABT ASSOCIATES INC. MA 2016-R2-CX-K001 $999,887 Closed
2015 Advancing Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Abt Associates Inc. MA 2015-MU-MU-0003 $996,870 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
2015 Improving the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Science in Massachusetts NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2015-CD-BX-0059 $159,947 Closed
2014 Continuation of Research on Facilitators of Transnational Organized Crime: Understanding Crime Networks' Logistical Support FY 14 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards Abt Associates Inc. MA 2013-R2-CX-0046 $403,215 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
2014 Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Abt Associates Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0006 $492,113 Closed
2014 Improving the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Science in Massachusetts NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2014-CD-BX-0018 $149,888 Closed
2014 Substance Abuse Treatment as a Mechanism to Reduce Drug Abuse and Crime NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0015 $39,996 Closed
2013 Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits NIJ FY 13 The Impact of Probation/Parole Officer Home Visits on Offender Outcomes Abt Associates Inc. MA 2013-IJ-CX-0103 $817,496 Closed
2013 Executive Session on Community Corrections NIJ FY 13 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2012-R2-CX-0048 $273,506 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
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 Prisoner Recollections: The Role of Internet Use and Real-Life Networks in the Early Radicalization of Islamist Terrorist Offenders NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Radicalization to Violent Extremism in the United States Brandeis University MA 2013-ZA-BX-0005 $148,941 Closed
2013 Research on Facilitators of Transnational Organized Crime: Understanding Crime Networks' Logistical Support NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism Abt Associates Inc. MA 2013-R2-CX-0046 $165,497 Closed
2013 Study of the Use of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program Funds on Aftercare Services NIJ FY 13 Study of the Use of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program Funds on Aftercare Services Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. MA 2013-MU-CX-0057 $399,836 Closed
2012 Community Corrections: An Executive Session on the Future of Correctional Policy NIJ FY 12 Office of Research and Evaluation ORE Continuations President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2012-R2-CX-0048 $993,386 Closed