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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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State: IA

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

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS $111,000 Open
2023 Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO $495,637 Open
2021 Physics and Mathematical Models for Error Quantifications in Comparative 3D Microscopy for Physical Match Analysis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04141-RESS $742,590 Open
2021 Predictive tools and experiments for blood backspatter: incorporating tissue simulants and muzzle gas interactions Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 15PNIJ-21-GG-04195-RESS $713,519 Open
2020 Positive identification using frontal sinus comparisons: Developing empirically-based guidelines Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER IA 2020-75-CX-0013 $357,871 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
2019 Automatic Acquisition and Identification of Footwear Class Characteristics Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-MU-MU-0096 $380,405 Closed
2019 Fluid Dynamic Studies of Bloody Fingermarks Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2019-75-CX-0018 $159,122 Closed
2019 Forensic Evidence from Chemical Imaging of Triacylglycerols in Latent Fingerprints Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2019-DU-BX-0134 $516,836 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
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
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
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
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
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