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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: IA

Number of Awards: 58
Total Amount Awarded: $27,135,499

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2011 Area 1: Evaluating Reentry in Iowa: Context, Treatment Provision, Individual Propensity and Recidivism NIJ FY 11 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2011-DJ-BX-0505 $225,428 Closed
2012 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant - State of Iowa NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy IA 2012-CD-BX-0040 $230,674 Closed
2010 FY2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Iowa Department of Public Safety IA 2010-DN-BX-K152 $247,571 Closed
2008 Forensic Analysis of Ink Using a Revolutionary Mass Spectrometry Method NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations Iowa State University IA 2006-DN-BX-K017 $287,000 Closed
2020 Positive identification using frontal sinus comparisons: Developing empirically-based guidelines Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 2020-75-CX-0013 $357,871 Closed
2016 Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint for Forensic Evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2016-DN-BX-0190 $362,037 Closed
2019 Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-MU-MU-0096 $380,405 Closed
2006 Forensic Analysis of Ink, Arson, Explosive, and Controlled-Substance Samples Using a Revolutionary Mass Spectrometry Method NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications Iowa State University IA 2006-DN-BX-K017 $414,145 Closed
2015 Quantitative Tools for Examination of Microscopic Fracture Surface Topology and Degradation for Physical Match Analysis of Evidence NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2015-DN-BX-K056 $445,341 Closed
2013 Contents and Contexts of Cyberbullying NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence University of Iowa IA 2013-IJ-CX-0030 $458,246 Closed
2011 FY2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Iowa Department of Public Safety IA 2011-DN-BX-K490 $461,560 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Iowa Department of Public Safety IA 2015-DN-BX-0032 $472,787 Closed
2012 Development of a Science Base and Open Source Software for
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis 		NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2010-DN-BX-K403 $476,187 Closed
2023 Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO $495,637 Open
2003 The initiative proposes to create an Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) (pronounced 'ice age') at Iowa State University (previously referred to as the Cyber Protection Lab National Institute of Justice Congressionally Directed Awards Iowa State University IA 2003-RD-CX-K006 $496,750 Closed
2012 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Iowa Department of Public Safety IA 2012-DN-BX-0014 $499,464 Closed
2008 Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Iowa DPS Division of Criminal Investigation IA 2008-DN-BX-K206 $500,000 Closed
2013 FY2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Iowa Department of Public Safety NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Iowa Department of Public Safety IA 2013-DN-BX-0014 $512,429 Closed
2019 Forensic Evidence from Chemical Imaging of Triacylglycerols in Latent Fingerprints Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2019-DU-BX-0134 $516,836 Closed
2017 Ultrafast 3D visualization and fluid dynamic mechanisms of blood atomization NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2017-DN-BX-0171 $591,895 Closed
2019 A Randomized Controlled Trial of ACTV versus T4C for Community Reentry: Differential Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2019-R2-CX-0013 $641,386 Open
2018 Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2018-R2-CX-0034 $681,664 Closed
2021 Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS $713,519 Open
2014 Finding the Region of Origin of Bloodspatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2014-DN-BX-K036 $719,015 Closed
2018 Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-led Policing Strategy NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2018-AR-BX-0004 $725,018 Closed