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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.

Fiscal year 2021 Awards

NIJ grantees will be notified through the JustGrants system when they have received an award. All grants not awarded by September 30th will be made as soon as possible on a rolling basis and no later than December 31, 2021. Applicants not receiving a FY 2021 award, for which they competitively applied, will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than the calendar year-end. Please continue to visit the NIJ website for updates on NIJ grant awards. NIJ will update the list below as they are released.

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State: KY,
District: 6

Number of Awards: 69
Total Amount Awarded: $66,774,674

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2021 Examining Equity in State Victim Compensation Programs: A Multilevel Analysis Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime, Fiscal Year 2021 COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE KY 15PNIJ-21-GG-00996-NONF $550,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
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 Open
2020 Social Construction of Hate Crime in the U.S.: A Factorial Survey Experiment Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY KY 2020-R2-CX-0044 $50,000 Open
2020 Wastewater Epidemiology To Examine Stimulant Trends (weTEST) Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY KY 2020-R2-CX-0013 $862,567 Open
2017 Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Correctional Officers: A Biopsychosocial Approach NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System CORRECTIONS KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT KY 2017-R2-CX-0035 $677,990 Open
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