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

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
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
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
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
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
2013	Detection of Gunshot Residue in Blowfly Larvae, Decomposing Porcine Tissue, and Porcine Bone Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2013-IJ-CX-0012	$30,000	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
2013	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Formula Grant	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy	IA	2013-CD-BX-0019	$63,983	Closed
2013	Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: Proposed inoculant and antidote for feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony	NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2013-IJ-CX-0010	$25,000	Closed
2014	2014 Formula Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy	IA	2014-CD-BX-0036	$69,211	Closed
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
2015	2015 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy	IA	2015-CD-BX-0031	$73,856	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
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
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
2016	Link for Schools: A system to prevent violence and its adverse impacts	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	IA	2016-CK-BX-0006	$3,675,128	Closed
2016	Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2016-DN-BX-0008	$50,000	Closed
2017	Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2016-DN-BX-0008	$50,000	Closed
2017	Tracking Sexual Assault Kits in Iowa	NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR)	Iowa Department of Justice	IA	2017-MU-BX-0133	$796,985	Open
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
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
2018	Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint	NIJ FY18 Continuations	Iowa State University of Science and Technology	IA	2016-DN-BX-0008	$50,000	Closed
2018	OSTEOID, A New Forensic Tool: Developing a Practical Online Resource for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER	IA	2018-DU-BX-0229	$185,453	Closed
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
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