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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: FL,
City: MIAMI

Number of Awards: 109
Total Amount Awarded: $38,260,727

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2015-DN-BX-0051 $974,669 Closed
2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant to replace a Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Miami Dade County FL 2015-CD-BX-0020 $175,000 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
2015 Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-DN-BX-K050 $244,072 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
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
2007 Miami Police Homicide Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA The City of Miami Police Department FL 2007-DN-BX-K123 $441,063 Closed
2006 An Investigation of the Effect of DNA Degradation and Inhibition on PCR Amplification of Single Source and Mixed Forensic Samples NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Florida International University FL 2006-DN-BX-K006 $347,399 Closed
2011 Separation and Identification of Drugs of Abuse Using ESI-IMS-MS NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2011-DN-BX-K531 $241,447 Closed
2010 Miami-Dade Research Study for the Reliability of the ACE-V Process: Accuracy, Precision, Reproducibility and Repeatability in Latent Fingerprint Examination NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Miami Dade County FL 2010-DN-BX-K268 $139,530 Closed
2010 Miami-Dade Repeatability and Uniqueness of Striations/Impressions in Bullets Fired in 10 Consecutively Manufactured Glock EBIS Barrels NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Miami Dade County FL 2010-DN-BX-K269 $23,896 Closed
2011 Rapid and selective extraction of male DNA from rape kits and other forensic evidence using pressure cycling NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2011-NE-BX-K550 $349,130 Closed
2011 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University FL 2011-DN-BX-K538 $417,595 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
2011 FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2011-DN-BX-K454 $1,190,348 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
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
2009 Miami-Dade Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2009-DN-BX-K011 $634,656 Closed
2008 Miami-Dade Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2008-DN-BX-K306 $500,000 Closed
2013 Aptamer-Based, Exonuclease-Amplified, Paper Device for Point of Collection Screening of Cocaine and Methamphetamine in Oral Fluid NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2013-DN-BX-K032 $352,223 Closed
2012 Paper microfluidic systems for rapid and inexpensive presumptive detection of drugs and explosives NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University FL 2012-DN-BX-K048 $180,224 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