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Awards Listing

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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All of the fiscal 2019 solicitations have closed. All successful applicants were notified by September 30th and non-award notifications will be made by December 30, 2019. View a complete list of 2019 awards.

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State: MA,
District: 7

Number of Awards: 55
Total Amount Awarded: $24,296,454

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Applying a Development Evaluation Approach to Address Community Safety and Health Challenges of Reintegration Programs in the USA Research and Evaluation on Terrorism Prevention, FY 2019 President and Fellows of Harvard College MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2019 Developing, Visualization, and Reporting a Combined 2D+3D Automated Dental Biometrics Identification System for Forensic Odontology Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 Tufts University MA 2019-R2-CX-0036 $100,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
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 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 Open
2018 Body fluid analysis detection and identification by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic scientists NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2018-MU-MU-0013 $462,091 Open
2018 Crime in Public Space and Online Domains: Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in Massage Businesses NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences Northeastern University MA 2018-R2-CX-0005 $32,000 Open
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 Open
2017 Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Arc Bio, LLC MA 2017-DN-BX-0140 $993,718 Open
2017 Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime Northeastern University MA 2017-VF-GX-0005 $725,999 Open
2017 Racial and ethnic differences in non-fatal firearm injuries NIJ FY17 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2017-IJ-CX-0018 $693,695 Open
2017 Stop Snitching or Keep Talking? Civilian Information Provision to the Baltimore Police NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 2017-IJ-CX-0011 $32,000 Open
2016 A mechanism-based forensic investigation into the postmortem redistribution of morphine NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-DN-BX-0002 $47,833 Open
2016 Deep Multi-Factor Forensic Face Recognition NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2016-R2-CX-0013 $50,000 Closed
2016 Development of a New Measure of Adolescent Dating Aggression: National Norms with a Focus on Marginalized Youth Research on Measurement of Teen Dating Violence Trustees of Boston University, BUMC MA 2016-IJ-CX-0006 $499,988 Open
2016 Evaluation of the “Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism” Initiative Research and Evaluation on Domestic Radicalization to Violent Extremism: Prevention and Intervention Demonstration Programs President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard T.H. Chan MA 2016-ZA-BX-K001 $750,000 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 Open
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 Open
2016 Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos Research on Bias Crimes Northeastern University MA 2016-V3-GX-0001 $558,575 Open
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
2015 Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization through Crime Reporting NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons Northeastern University MA 2015-VF-GX-0105 $462,973 Closed
2015 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2012-DN-BX-K821 $305,965 Open
2015 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $45,863 Closed
2015 Partner Violence Prevention for Middle School Boys: A Dyadic Web-Based Intervention NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2014-MU-CX-4002 $791,846 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
2014 Body fluid analysis by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for forensic applications NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Boston University MA 2014-DN-BX-K021 $403,397 Closed