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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

Number of Awards: 289
Total Amount Awarded: $135,694,274

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
1993 Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Presidents And Fellows of Harvard College MA 1993-IJ-CX-K005 $1,970,555 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 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 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 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
2019 Experimental Test of Rehabilitative Field Work for Moderate-to-High Risk Adults Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 ABT ASSOCIATES INC. MA 2019-R2-CX-0012 $1,465,043 Open
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 TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE INC MA 2019-R2-CX-0036 $100,000 Closed
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
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
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 MA 2019-VT-BX-0037 $499,483 Past Project Period End Date
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 MA 2019-R2-CX-0067 $499,796 Past Project Period End Date
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 HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MA 2019-ZA-CX-0001 $1,114,933 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 FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Boston Police Department NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Boston MA 2013-DN-BX-0027 $311,809 Closed
2010 Boston Police Department FY10 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program City of Boston MA 2010-DN-BX-K122 $307,967 Closed
2010 FFY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Mass State Police NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2010-DN-BX-K106 $1,042,765 Closed
2014 BPD's Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Boston MA 2014-CD-BX-0019 $175,000 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
2006 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Center For Technology Commercialization MA 2006-IJ-CX-K002 $550,000 Closed
2006 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations Center For Technology Commercialization MA 2006-IJ-CX-K002 $99,911 Closed
2009 FY2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Program-Base & Competitive Massachusetts NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2009-CD-BX-0028 $338,696 Closed
2009 Boston Police Department FY09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Boston MA 2009-CD-BX-0099 $125,000 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
2005 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Massachusetts State Police MA 2005-DN-BX-0069 $208,110 Closed
2009 FY 2009 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Program- Massachusetts State Police NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Unit Efficiency Improvement Massachusetts State Police MA 2009-DN-BX-K259 $278,584 Closed