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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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State: KY,
District: 6

Number of Awards: 69
Total Amount Awarded: $66,386,973

Funded Awards
FY 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