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: 99
Total Amount Awarded: $95,655,499

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
2023	Study of Factors Influencing Mass Spectral Data Comparison	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF	KY	15PNIJ-23-GG-01428-RESS	$69,835	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
2019	Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-DU-BX-0029	$636,419	Closed
2019	Differentiating Abuse from Accident in Young Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Biomechanical Assessment of Fracture Risk	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2019-R2-CX-0038	$142,957	Past Project Period End Date
2018	An Evaluation of Victim Centered, Trauma Informed Interview Training for Sexual Assault Investigators using Standardized Patient Actors: A Randomized Controlled Trial	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2018-VA-CX-0003	$335,131	Closed
2017	Biomechanical Characterization of Video Recorded Short Distance Falls In Children	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	KY	2017-DN-BX-0158	$599,878	Closed
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	Closed
2016	Furthering Understanding of Forensic Units: A Detailed Examination of Louisville Metro Police Dept.'s CSU	NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences	University of Louisville Research Foundation	KY	2016-R2-CX-0006	$32,000	Closed
2016	Identifying and Embedding Brokers into a Multi-tiered System of Services to Reduce the Bystander Effect Leading to a Reduction in School Violence	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	CAMPBELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION	KY	2016-CK-BX-0009	$4,866,107	Closed
2016	School Climate, Student Discipline, and the Implementation of School Resources Officers	Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	University of Louisville Research Foundation	KY	2016-CK-BX-0017	$370,307	Closed
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	Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.	KY	2015-DN-BX-K018	$533,978	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
2014	Covington Police Crime Lab Improvement- Cyanoacrylate Fuming Project	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Covington	KY	2014-CD-BX-0071	$7,900	Closed
2014	Development of a Computer Simulation Model to Predict Potential Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Louisville Research Foundation	KY	2014-DN-BX-K006	$377,187	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
2013	Small Rural Tribal Border Regional Center - OST Continuation	NIJ FY 13 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Center for Rural Development Inc	KY	2009-IJ-CX-K019	$750,000	Closed