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	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
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
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
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
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
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
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	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
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
2014	Drug screening in postmortem blood: a faster approach using GC/MS	NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2014-CD-BX-0028	$174,634	Closed
2011	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	City of Miami	FL	2011-CD-BX-0096	$175,000	Closed
2011	Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program FY2011 - Miami-Dade Police Department	NIJ FY 11 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2011-CD-BX-0071	$175,000	Closed
2012	Detection of Designer Drugs and Potent Complex Pharmaceuticals in Death Investigations	NIJ FY 12 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Miami Dade County	FL	2012-CD-BX-0024	$175,000	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
2012	Paper microfluidic systems for rapid and inexpensive presumptive detection of drugs and explosives	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University	FL	2012-DN-BX-K048	$180,224	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
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
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
2015	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-NE-BX-K001	$195,710	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
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	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	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
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
2015	Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-DN-BX-K050	$244,072	Closed