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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

Number of Awards: 220
Total Amount Awarded: $99,627,296

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 Boston Police Department FY19 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019 City of Boston MA 2019-DN-BX-0112 $248,500 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 FFY19 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019 Massachusetts State Police MA 2019-DN-BX-0018 $1,023,531 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 Open
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 Open
2019 Improving the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Science in Massachusetts Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA, FY 2019 Massachusetts State Police MA 2019-CD-BX-0038 $395,110 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 Open
2019 UMASS Medical School Drugs of Abuse Laboratory Timeliness Improvement Project Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- COMPETITIVE, FY 2019 Massachusetts State Police MA 2019-CD-BX-0059 $206,583 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 Evaluating program enhancements for mentors working with children of prisoners Legacy OJJDP Research Grants University of Massachusetts Boston MA 2014-JU-FX-0004 $2,499,597 Open
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) City of Boston MA 2018-DN-BX-0076 $257,492 Open
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) Massachusetts State Police MA 2018-DN-BX-0117 $1,044,286 Open
2018 Improving the Quality and Timeliness of Forensic Science in Massachusetts NIJ FY18 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program- FORMULA Massachusetts State Police MA 2018-CD-BX-0026 $406,853 Open
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 Lowell MA 2018-R2-CX-0004 $31,989 Open
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 Open
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 Lowell MA 2018-ZA-CX-0002 $1,029,474 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 MIT Lincoln Laboratory MA 2018-DU-BX-0193 $599,738 Closed
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
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
2018 The PbS Learning Institute, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), and the VERA Institute of Justice, propose to develop new reentry measurement standards. Legacy OJJDP Research Grants PbS Learning Institute, Inc. MA 2015-CZ-BX-K002 $750,000 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