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: 466
Total Amount Awarded: $273,089,880

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient Sort ascending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2020	Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	2019-DU-BX-4011	$495,056	Closed
2021	Transfer, Persistence and DNA Source Attribution of Trace Biological Material in Digital Penetration Assault Cases	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04147-RESS	$550,440	Open
2021	Pre-grouping of commingled human skeletal remains by elemental analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04151-SLFO	$240,594	Open
2022	Enhanced Ignitable Liquid and Substrate Database Functionality for Improved Casework and Research.	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-04421-SLFO	$289,496	Open
2023	Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS	$110,966	Open
2011	Comparison of Microspectrophotometry and Room-Temperature Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrix Spectroscopy for Non-Destructive Forensic Fiber Examination	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida	FL	2011-DN-BX-K553	$241,257	Closed
2009	Predicting the Biological Age of a Bloodstain Donor	NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals	The University of Central Florida	FL	2009-DN-BX-K179	$300,450	Closed
2011	Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida	FL	2011-DN-BX-K539	$470,545	Closed
2007	NIJ Support of NaMUS	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	The University of Central Florida	FL	2007-DN-BX-K237	$500,000	Closed
2014	Enhancing School Safety Through Digital Intelligence: Evaluating Campus Shield	NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe	The School Board of Miami-Dade, FL	FL	2014-CK-BX-0019	$4,273,799	Open
2007	Evaluation of Reflective Vest Options	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards	The Institute for Police Research	FL	2007-IJ-CX-K229	$375,000	Closed
2008	Delivery of Academic Workshops in Advanced DNA Typing Analysis and Population Statistics	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Florida International University Board of Trustess	FL	2008-DN-BX-K194	$282,505	Closed
2008	Delivery of Academic Workshops in Instrumental Trace Evidence Analysis	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Florida International University Board of Trustess	FL	2008-DN-BX-K071	$120,883	Closed
2014	Forensic Toxicological Screening/Confirmation of 500+ Designer Drugs by LC-QTOF-MS and LC-QqQ-MS Analysis	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2014-R2-CX-K006	$396,970	Closed
2006	The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines (SWGDOG)	NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-IJ-CX-K031	$95,134	Closed
2006	Testing a model of domestic abuse against older women and barriers to help-seeking	NIJ FY06 ORE Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2006-WG-BX-0008	$469,590	Closed
2009	Rapid Screening and Confirmation of Organic GSR using Electrospray Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2009-DN-BX-K251	$291,339	Closed
2010	LA-ICP-MS and LIBS analysis of paper, inks, soils, cotton and glass	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2010-DN-BX-K179	$283,090	Closed
2011	Comprehensive Forensic Toxicological Analysis Of Designer Drugs	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2011-DN-BX-K559	$143,225	Closed
2009	Significance of Elemental Analysis from Trace Evidence	NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2009-DN-BX-K252	$366,322	Closed
2006	Field Detection of Drug and Explosive Odor Signatures Using SPME-IMS	NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques, and Technologies Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2006-DN-BX-K027	$249,446	Closed
2015	The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-IJ-CX-K006	$333,582	Closed
2015	Strengthening the evaluation and interpretation of glass evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS)	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-DN-BX-K049	$230,471	Closed
2015	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-NE-BX-K001	$195,710	Closed
2015	Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-K038	$400,265	Closed