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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
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
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
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
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
2003 Elemental Analysis of Glass and Paint Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Forensic Application General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2003-IJ-CX-K004 $136,627 Closed
2014 Miami-Dade Police Department Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 14 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2014-DN-BX-K074 $125,000 Closed
2009 FY2009 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 09 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Miami Dade County FL 2009-CD-BX-0069 $125,000 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
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
2020 LC-QqQ-MS screening assay for abused drug exposure based on covalent peptide/protein modification Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2020-R2-CX-0023 $100,000 Closed
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
2005 Miami Police Paul Coverdell Grant Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement City of Miami FL 2005-DN-BX-0123 $95,000 Closed
2008 Automated Screening of Body Fluids for Drugs and Poisons NIJ FY 08 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Miami Dade County FL 2008-CD-BX-0049 $95,000 Closed
2006 City of Miami Police Department Coverdell Grant Project NIJ FY06 Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program Solicitation City of Miami FL 2006-DN-BX-0029 $95,000 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 2005-IJ-CX-K069: Elemental Analysis of Glass by SEM-EDS, XRF, LIBS and LA-ICPMS NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2005-IJ-CX-K069 $88,530 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
2020 Alibi Generation: Improving innocents suspects' accuracy and examining alibi discriminability using a novel GPS paradigm Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2020-R2-CX-0019 $83,840 Closed
2015 Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid OnsiteScreening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biologicalsamples Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2016 DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0012 $50,000 Closed
2017 Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2017-IJ-CX-0004 $50,000 Closed
2017 Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed
2018 Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions NIJ FY18 Continuations FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Closed