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 Sort descending	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2019	Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation	Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-75-CX-0010	$497,208	Closed
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
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
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
2020	LC-QqQ-MS screening assay for abused drug exposure based on covalent peptide/protein modification	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-R2-CX-0023	$100,000	Closed
2022	Non-contact detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids: Towards a generalized approach to the detection of dangerous drug clases	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-04418-RESS	$642,632	Open
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
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
2017	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-MU-BX-0002	$467,885	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
2018	Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions	NIJ FY18 Continuations	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
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	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
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