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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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Awardee Name: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Number of Awards: 70
Total Amount Awarded: $18,221,430

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2010 Instrumental Analysis of Trace Evidence with a Focus on Interpretation NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2010-DN-BX-K264 $298,228 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
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
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
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
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
2012 Understanding rapport-building in investigative interviews: Does rapport''s effect on witness memory and suggestibility depend on the interviewer? NIJ FY 12 Ph.D. Graduate Research Fellowship Program The Florida International University FL 2012-IJ-CX-0007 $24,999 Closed
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 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 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
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
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
2012 Body fluid Identification using epigenetic methylation markers and pyrosequencing NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Florida International University FL 2012-DN-BX-K018 $316,850 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 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
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
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
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