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: 69
Total Amount Awarded: $66,386,973

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Experimental and numerical investigations for the development and validation of thermo-chemistry models and property databases for selected wall lining materials under fire exposure	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	KY	15PNIJ-23-GG-04204-RESS	$290,289	Open
2021	Examining Equity in State Victim Compensation Programs: A Multilevel Analysis	Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021	THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.	KY	15PNIJ-21-GG-00996-NONF	$550,000	Open
2020	Experimental and numerical investigations for the prediction of depth of calcination of gypsum plasterboards under fire exposure	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	KY	2020-R2-CX-0050	$241,305	Closed
2020	Social Construction of Hate Crime in the U.S.: A Factorial Survey Experiment	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE	KY	2020-R2-CX-0044	$50,000	Closed
2020	Wastewater Epidemiology To Examine Stimulant Trends (weTEST)	Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE	KY	2020-R2-CX-0013	$862,567	Past Project Period End Date
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Formula)	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2015-CD-BX-0029	$105,040	Closed
2015	Cognitive Human Factors and Forensic Document Examiner Methods and Procedures	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Kentucky State University	KY	2015-DN-BX-K069	$728,615	Open
2015	FY 2015 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2015-DN-BX-0009	$519,795	Closed
2015	Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons	University of Kentucky Research Foundation	KY	2015-MU-MU-0009	$570,150	Closed
2014	2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2014-CD-BX-0034	$98,434	Closed
2013	2013 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program.	NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2013-CD-BX-0014	$91,169	Closed
2013	FY 2013 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 13 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2013-DN-BX-0087	$664,878	Closed
2012	2012 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grant	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2012-CD-BX-0007	$99,996	Closed
2012	FY 2012 Froensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2012-DN-BX-0043	$616,282	Closed
2012	Optimizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Support Law Enforcement Activities	NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions	University of Kentucky Research Foundation	KY	2012-R2-CX-0007	$363,226	Closed
2011	2011 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2011-CD-BX-0022	$265,292	Closed
2011	FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2011-DN-BX-K480	$718,511	Closed
2010	2010 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grant	FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2010-CD-BX-0044	$318,263	Closed
2010	FY 2010 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Kentucky State Police	NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2010-DN-BX-K118	$585,500	Closed
2010	Raman Spectroscopy with Multi-component Searching for Complex Clandestine Laboratory Sample Analysis	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2010-DN-BX-K178	$118,195	Closed
2010	Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, and Bias in Forensic Signature Identification	NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines	Kentucky State University	KY	2010-DN-BX-K271	$466,710	Closed
2009	2009 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Grant	NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2009-CD-BX-0016	$222,528	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Commonwealth of Kentucky	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2009-DN-BX-K064	$571,663	Closed
2009	FY 2009 Forensic DNA Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program-Commonwealth of Kentucky	NIJ FY 09 Convicted Offender and-or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program	Commonwealth of Kentucky	KY	2009-DN-BX-K114	$657,688	Closed
2008	2008 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant	NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program	Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet	KY	2008-CD-BX-0095	$207,628	Closed