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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.

As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects;  and fellowship programs.

You may browse the table below and use filter options to view awards by award status, State, fiscal year, awardee name, city or perform a keyword search.

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State: KY

Number of Awards: 96
Total Amount Awarded: $94,745,375

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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 Open
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 Open
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 Open
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 Past Project Period End Date
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
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 PUBLIC PROPERTIES CORPORATION, THER KY 2016-CK-BX-0009 $4,866,107 Open
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
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