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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
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
2017 City of Miami Police FY 2017 SAFE-ITR Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) City of Miami FL 2017-AK-BX-0013 $264,263 Open
2019 Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-DU-BX-0013 $279,983 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
2005 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY2005--Miami-Dade Police Department Forensic Casework Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2005-DN-BX-K088 $282,756 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
2017 Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-DN-BX-0137 $286,931 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
2005 Elemental Analysis of Glass by SEM-EDS, XRF, EPMA, LIBS and LA-ICPMS General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K069 $292,149 Closed
2010 Detection and remediation of PCR inhibition using real time PCR melt curves as a diagnostic tool. NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development Florida International University FL 2010-DN-BX-K204 $294,800 Closed
2010 Instrumental Analysis of Trace Evidence with a Focus on Interpretation NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2010-DN-BX-K264 $298,228 Closed
2021 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2022 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2023 FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS $300,000 Open
2012 Body fluid Identification using epigenetic methylation markers and pyrosequencing NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2012-DN-BX-K018 $316,850 Closed
2005 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program FY 2005-Miami-Dade Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Miami Dade County FL 2005-DA-BX-K063 $325,815 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
2002 Domestic Violence Against Older Women The Impact of Economic, Political, and Social Variables The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2002-WG-BX-0010 $337,973 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 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
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
2019 Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Opioid Detection in Seized Substances Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2019-DU-BX-0024 $365,101 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
2017 Implementation of epigenetics into forensic science: Development of a PCR based multiplex for the simultaneous analysis of age and body fluid identification NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-NE-BX-0001 $368,512 Closed
2019 Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL 2019-DU-BX-0002 $372,438 Closed