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

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2015	DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0012	$49,994	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	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
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
2018	Evaluating Analytical Parameters and Understanding Drug-Matrix Interactions in Forensic Hair Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2018-75-CX-0037	$400,349	Closed
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
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
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
2017	Hate Crimes in Miami-Dade County: Improving Awareness, Service Delivery, Reporting, Investigation, and Prosecution	NIJ FY17 Research on Hate Crimes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0031	$499,597	Closed
2017	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-MU-BX-0002	$467,885	Closed
2017	Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological Samples	NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0034	$49,996	Open
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
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
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
2018	Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances	NIJ FY18 Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0004	$50,000	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
2019	Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-R2-CX-0045	$50,000	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
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
2005	Elemental Anaylis of Glass and Paint Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for Forensic Application	NIJ/Office of Science & Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2003-IJ-CX-K004	$30,002	Closed
2009	Field Dectection of Smokeless Powders and other Explosives by Canines and IMS	NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2006-DN-BX-K027	$231,435	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