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: 70
Total Amount Awarded: $18,221,430

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort descending	Status
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
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
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
2006	Field Detection of Drug and Explosive Odor Signatures Using SPME-IMS	NIJ FY06 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques, and Technologies Solicitation: Invited Full Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2006-DN-BX-K027	$249,446	Closed
2019	Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0013	$279,983	Closed
2008	Delivery of Academic Workshops in Advanced DNA Typing Analysis and Population Statistics	NIJ FY 08 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Florida International University Board of Trustess	FL	2008-DN-BX-K194	$282,505	Closed
2010	LA-ICP-MS and LIBS analysis of paper, inks, soils, cotton and glass	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2010-DN-BX-K179	$283,090	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
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
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
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
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
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
2022	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2023	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
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
2015	The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-IJ-CX-K006	$333,582	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
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
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