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 Sort descending	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2022	Improving Strategies for Investigating & Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A National Yet Local Approach	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-01000-RESS	$994,787	Open
2022	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2023	Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU	$431,892	Open
2023	The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present.	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX	$409,612	Open
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
2019	Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2023	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
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
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
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
2006	The Scientific Working Group on Dog and Orthogonal Detector Guidelines (SWGDOG)	NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-IJ-CX-K031	$95,134	Closed
2006	Testing a model of domestic abuse against older women and barriers to help-seeking	NIJ FY06 ORE Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2006-WG-BX-0008	$469,590	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
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
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
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
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
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
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