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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
2023 Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU $431,892 Open
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
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
2022 Improving Strategies for Investigating & Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A National Yet Local Approach NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-22-GG-01000-RESS $994,787 Open
2022 Non-contact detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids: Towards a generalized approach to the detection of dangerous drug clases NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-22-GG-04418-RESS $642,632 Open
2021 Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP $437,665 Open
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
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
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
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
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
2002 Optical Methods for Authorized Handgun User Recognition Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Grant - FY2002 Exponent, Inc. FL 2002-IJ-CX-K012 $187,598 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
2004 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program, Fiscal Year 2005-2006, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement FY 2004 Miami Dade County FL 2004-DN-BX-K060 $410,841 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
2007 FY 2007 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 07 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Miami Dade County FL 2007-DN-BX-K113 $561,146 Closed
2006 FY 2006 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY06 Forensic Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program Grant Announcement Miami Dade County FL 2006-DN-BX-K052 $200,323 Closed
2008 FY 2008 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program Formula Grant Announcement Miami Dade County FL 2008-DN-BX-K030 $768,775 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
2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement Fiscal Year 2004 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Formula Grant Announcement, FY04 Miami Dade County FL 2004-DN-BX-K108 $535,895 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
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
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 FY2006 Forensic DNA Capacity Enhancement Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY06 DNA Capacity Enhancement Program Solicitation Miami Dade County FL 2006-DN-BX-K207 $398,922 Closed