FUNDING
External Funding = $9,501,561
2023
Co-Principal Investigator. “Green New Deal Workforce Needs Assessment Study.” City of Boston, Total=$200,000, Co-PI share = $100,000 (50%), September 2023-August 2024.
Principal Investigator. “NU Boston Summer Scholars Program.” City of Boston, Total=$497,103, June 2023-August 2023.
Principal Investigator. “Care Can’t Wait.” National Domestic Workers Alliance. Total=$132,049, April 2023-January 2024.
Principal Investigator. “Measuring the Economic Impact of the Job Quality Benchmarking Index.” The Boston Foundation. Total=$25,000, April 2023-October 2023.
2022
Principal Investigator. “The Long-Term Impacts of Summer Youth Employment Programs on Outcomes.” Arnold Foundation, Total=$273,667, January 2022-August 2023.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Jared Auclair). “BioConnects New England.” Economic Development Agency, Build Back Better Regional Challeneg, Total=$500,000, Co-PI share = $250,000 (50%), January 2022-December 2023.
2021
Principal Investigator. “Building a more holistic and inclusive workforce development system for Boston's Youth.” William T. Grant Foundation, Total=$649,557, July 2021-June 2024.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Mohsen Moghaddam, Kemi Jona, Stacy Marsella, and Nick Wilson). “FW-HTF-P: Training an Agile, Adaptive Workforce for the Future of Manufacturing with Intelligent Augmented Reality (IAR).” National Science Foundation, Total=$2.1M, Co-PI share=$420,000 (20%), September, 2021-August, 2024.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Gary Young and Md Noor E Alam). “Strategies to Improve Adherence for Treatment with Buprenorphine/Naloxone” Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Total=$194,100, Co-PI share=$64,053 (33%), January 2021-August 2021.
2020
Co-Principal Investigator (with Mohsen Moghaddam, Kemi Jona, Stacy Marsella, and Nick Wilson). “FW-HTF-P: Training an Agile, Adaptive Workforce for the Future of Manufacturing with Intelligent Augmented Reality (IAR).” National Science Foundation, Total=$150,000, Co-PI share=$37,500 (25%), September, 2020-August, 2021.
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Taskin Padir and Kemi Jona).“RAPID: Accelerating the Future of Work? Understanding Future Shifts in Technology Adoption in the Seafood Industry in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic.” National Science Foundation, Total= $199,651, Co-PI share = $67,881 (34%), July, 2020-June, 2021.
Principal Investigator. “Evaluation of Alternative Programming for the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program during the COVID19 Pandemic.” William T. Grant Foundation, Officer’s Grant, Total=$48,393, June, 2020-December, 2021.
Principal Investigator. “Preserving Summer Employment Opportunities for Inner-City Youth during the COVID19 Pandemic.” Spencer Foundation, Total=$19,968, June, 2020- September, 2020.
Principal Investigator. “Preserving Summer Employment Opportunities for Inner-City Youth during the COVID19 Pandemic.” William T. Grant Foundation, R3 Rapid Grant, Total=$34, 937, May, 2020- August, 2020.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Gary Young and Md Noor E Alam). “Exploring Patterns of Prescribing, Adherence, and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Suboxone.” Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Total= $139,906, Co-PI share=47,567 (34%), January 15, 2020-August 30, 2020.
2019
Co-Principal Investigator (with Taskin Padir, Kristian Kloeckl, John Basl, and Kemi Jona). “Collaborative Robots to Impact Seafood Processing (CRISP): Designs, Tools and Methods for Enhanced Worker Experience.” National Science Foundation, Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier program, Total=$2,500,000, Co-PI share=$256,177 (10%), September 2019-August 2023.
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Urbashee Paul). “Mentoring and Career Development: 2019 Modestino and Paul.” William T. Grant Foundation, Total=$59,493, Co-PI share=$300 (1%), August 2019-July 2021.
Principal Investigator. “The 2020 Greater Boston Housing Report Card.” The Boston Foundation, Total=$75,543, October 2019-August 2020.
Principal Investigator. “From High School to Jobs: Exploring the Power of Varying Community College Pathways with Linked Wage Record Data.” MassInc, Total=$50,000, October 2019-May 2021.
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Gary Young and Md. Noor-E-Alam). “A Community Health Center Buyback Program to Reduce the Supply of Opioids to Secondary Users.” Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Total=$48,552, Co-PI share=$41,065 (85%), February 2019-December 2022.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Gary Young and Md. Noor-E-Alam). “Analysis of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Prescribing Patterns.” Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Total=$113,638, Co-PI share=$23,200 (20%), January 2019-June 2019.
2018
Principal Investigator. “An Evaluation of Boston’s Tuition-Free Community College Program.” The Boston Foundation, Total=$6,350, January 2019-December 2019.
Principal Investigator. “The Greater Boston Housing Report Card.” The Boston Foundation, Total=$77,284, September 2018-June 2019.
Principal Investigator. “The Return on Investment to English Language Learning Programs.” The Boston Foundation, Total=$65,213, September 2018-August 2019.
Principal Investigator. “Building Boston’s Talent Pool.” Neighborhood Jobs Trust, Total=$30,929, May 2018-September 2018.
2017
Principal Investigator. “A Multi-Year Evaluation of Boston Summer Youth Employment Program Features to Reduce Inequality Across Groups.” William T. Grant Foundation, Total=$280,714, July 2017-June 2019.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Agnes Chan). “Increasing Qualified Cybersecurity Educators: Market Study on Shortages of Educators.” National Security Administration, Total=$150,000, Co-PI share=$48,400 (32%), May 2017-December 2017.
2016
Co-Principal Investigator (with Trinh Nguyen). “Technical Assistance for Social Innovation Fund Pay for Success Project for the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program.” Third Sector Partners, Total=$250,000, Co-PI share=$57,000 (23%), December 2016-August 2017.
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Daniel Shoag). “Upskilling: Why Do Employers Demand Greater Skill When Workers Are Plentiful?” Russell Sage Foundation, Total =$34,477, Co-PI share=$11,000 (31%), January 2016-December 2017.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Trinh Nguyen). “Citi Community Development Concept Proposal: Youth Credit Building Initiative.” Citi Community Development Foundation, Total=$260,750, Co-PI share=$28,800 (11%), January 2016-December 2017.
2015
Principal Investigator. “Reducing Economic Inequality by Increasing Equality of Opportunity. Policy Options: College and Career Readiness.” Partners Healthcare, Total=$5,000, January 2015-April 2015.
2014
Co-Principal Investigator (with Barry Bluestone). “Greater Boston Housing Report Card.” The Boston Foundation, Total=$75,000, Co-PI share=$18,750 (25%), August 2014-July 2015.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Daniel Shoag). “Upskilling: Do Employers Demand Greater Skill When Workers Are Plentiful?” Russell Sage Foundation, Project #85-14-05, Total=$49,424, Co-PI share=$25,000 (51%), August 2014-July 2016.
University Funding = $5,088,368
2022
Principal Investigator. “Community to Community: Finding Equitable Solutions to Local Policy Problems.” Northeastern University, Office of the Provost, Impact Engine Grant, Total=$4,808,072.
2021
Co-Principal Investigator (with Jamie Ladge and Alisa Lincoln). “Understanding Processes and Impacts of Organizational Re-entry in a Post-COVID World.” Northeastern University, Office of the Provost, Tier 1 Grant, Total=$50,000.
2020
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Jamie Ladge and Alisa Lincoln). “Making Families More Resilient: The Role of Employer Practices and Public Policy on Household Well‐Being during the COVID19 Pandemic.” Northeastern University, Provost’s Office, COVID-19 Research Development Initiative, Total=$34,890, May 2020-March 2021.
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Jamie Ladge and Alisa Lincoln). “Making Families More Resilient: The Role of Paid Family, Medical, and Sick Leave on Household Well‐Being during the COVID19 Pandemic.” Northeastern University, College of Social Science and Humanities, COVID-19 Research Development Initiative, Total=$8,000, April 2020-August 2020.
2018
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Erica Smith and Rachel Sederberg). “Increasing Diversity in Economics throughout the Academic Pipeline.” Northeastern University, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Diverse Opportunities to Inform & Teach (DO IT!) Grant Program, Total=$1,500, September 2018-May 2019.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Gary Young and Md. Noor-E-Alam). “Community Resilience to Combat Opioid Addition Crisis.” Northeastern University, Global Resilience Institute, Seed Grant, Total=$74,103, July 2018-June 2020.
2017
Co-Principal Investigator (with Gary Young and Md. Noor-E-Alam). “Using Big Data to Compare Effectiveness of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids.” Northeastern University, Tier 1 Grant, Total=$49,700, July 2017-June 2018.
Co-Principal Investigator (with Jamie Ladge and Cigdem Talgar). “Towards an Understanding of Flexible Minds: An Exploration of Intellectual Agility and its Effects on Career Success.” Northeastern University, Tier 1 Grant, Total=$41,703, July 2017-December 2017.
2015
Co-Principal Investigator (lead, with Jamie Ladge). “Achieving Gender Equality in the Workplace: A Research Collaboration Focusing on Building and Sustaining Parity for Women in Recruitment, Management, Employment, and Compensation.” Northeastern University, Humanities Center, Collaborative Research Cluster, Total=$2,000, September 2015-August 2016.
Principal Investigator. “Upskilling: A Qualitative Study of Changing Employer Skill Requirements.” Northeastern University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Development Initiative, Total=$5,000, June 2015-September 2015.
Principal Investigator. “Upskilling and Downskilling: Using Big Data to Study Changes in Employer Requirements During the Great Recession.” Northeastern University, NULab, Seedling Grant, Total=$4,400, June 2015-September 2015.
