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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
2018 Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2018-DU-BX-0194 $499,318 Closed
2012 Understanding rapport-building in investigative interviews: Does rapport''s effect on witness memory and suggestibility depend on the interviewer? NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program The Florida International University FL 2012-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 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
2009 Timely submission of evidence,Backlog Reduction and Training NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program City of Miami FL 2009-CD-BX-0102 $123,695 Closed
2005 The Use of MiniSTRs as Tools for the Investigation of DNA Degradation and Inhibition Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-MU-BX-K073 $171,394 Closed
2023 The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present. NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX $409,612 Open
2005 The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $97,019 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
2012 The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Miami, Florida FL 2012-DN-BX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2004 The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2004-WG-BX-K077 $499,865 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
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
2018 Testing a ''not sure'' instruction as a prophylactic against the harmful impact of system and estimator variables on lineup identification accuracy NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2018-R2-CX-0030 $183,059 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
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
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
2007 Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detectors (SWGDOG) National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $92,999 Closed
2008 Scientific Working Dog Group and Orthogonal Detectors (SWGDOG) NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K031 $85,671 Closed
2009 REPEATABILITY AND UNIQUENESS OF STRIATIONS/IMPRESSIONS IN FIRED CARTRIDGE CASINGS FIRED IN 10 CONSECUTIVELY MANUFACTURED SLIDES NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines Miami Dade County FL 2009-DN-BX-K230 $17,127 Closed
2010 Reduction of current backlog of latent palm/fingerprint evidence and curtail future backlog of said evidence. FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Miami FL 2010-CD-BX-0099 $150,050 Closed
2023 Rapid screening and identification of fentanyl in drug mixtures using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04230-RESS $190,662 Open
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
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
2016 Rapid and Accurate On-Site Screening for a Broad Range of Synthetic Cathinones by Electronic Drug Analyzer Based on a Cross-Reactive Aptamer Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2016-DN-BX-0167 $208,971 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