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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 Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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 Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-K038 $400,265 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
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
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
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
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 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
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