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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
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 FY2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 12 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2012-DN-BX-0045 $996,026 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
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
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
2012 The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing. NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA City of Miami, Florida FL 2012-DN-BX-K016 $500,000 Closed
2012 Miami-Dade Police Department/Solving Cold Cases with DNA NIJ FY 12 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2012-DN-BX-K006 $500,000 Closed
2014 Enhancing School Safety Through Digital Intelligence: Evaluating Campus Shield NIJ FY 14 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe The School Board of Miami-Dade, FL FL 2014-CK-BX-0019 $4,273,799 Open
2014 Forensic Toxicological Screening/Confirmation of 500+ Designer Drugs by LC-QTOF-MS and LC-QqQ-MS Analysis NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2014-R2-CX-K006 $396,970 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
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
2008 Miami-Dade Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 08 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2008-DN-BX-K306 $500,000 Closed
2009 Miami-Dade Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 09 Solving Cold Cases with DNA Miami-Dade County FL 2009-DN-BX-K011 $634,656 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
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
2011 FY 2011 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 11 DNA Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2011-DN-BX-K454 $1,190,348 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
2011 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University FL 2011-DN-BX-K538 $417,595 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
2010 Miami-Dade Repeatability and Uniqueness of Striations/Impressions in Bullets Fired in 10 Consecutively Manufactured Glock EBIS Barrels 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-K269 $23,896 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
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
2007 Miami Police Homicide Cold Case DNA Initiative NIJ FY 07 Solving Cold Cases with DNA The City of Miami Police Department FL 2007-DN-BX-K123 $441,063 Closed