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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: University of Central Florida

Number of Awards: 90
Total Amount Awarded: $33,433,768

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 Graduate Research Fellowship: Low-cost Handheld Spectrometer and Cloud- Based Data Analysis for Improved Identification of Substances of Abuse Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-0035 $50,000 Closed
2016 Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2016-DN-BX-0165 $424,799 Closed
2015 Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K025 $188,198 Closed
2015 Low-cost Handheld Spectrometer and Cloud-Based Data Analysis for Improved Identification of Substances of Abuse NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-0035 $50,000 Closed
2015 Studying the Impact of Video Analytics for Pre, Live and Post Event Analysis on Outcomes of Criminal Justice NIJ FY 15 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes University of Central Florida FL 2015-R2-CX-K025 $1,299,551 Closed
2015 Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation and Use NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2015-DN-BX-K051 $396,719 Closed
2014 How it got there: associating individual DNA profiles with specific body fluids in mixtures using targeted digital gene expression and RNA-SNP identification NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2014-DN-BX-K019 $436,457 Closed
2014 The physical separation and single source DNA profiling of individual mixture components by RNA in situ hybridization-based cell type identification NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2014-DN-BX-K018 $530,426 Closed
2013 Combined Genetic and Micro-chemical Analysis of Household Dust as a Definitive Trace Identifier of a Room and its Occupants NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K025 $188,198 Closed
2013 LIBS for Soil Screening Study of Matrix Effects on Elemental Profiling NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2013-DN-BX-K006 $292,182 Closed
2013 Smokeless Powder Reference Collection and SWGFEX Smokeless Powders Database Expansion NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2013-R2-CX-K008 $224,841 Closed
2012 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2012-DN-BX-K021 $350,200 Closed
2012 Level of confidence in elemental analysis by LIBS NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2012-DN-BX-K027 $399,532 Closed
2012 Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs: Policy Change, Law Enforcement Activity, and Diversion Tactics NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions University of Central Florida FL 2012-R2-CX-0006 $250,000 Closed
2012 Transition Metal Cluster Compounds for the Fluorescent Identification and Trace Detection of Substances of Abuse NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Central Florida FL 2012-R2-CX-K005 $163,385 Closed
2011 Comparison of Microspectrophotometry and Room-Temperature Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrix Spectroscopy for Non-Destructive Forensic Fiber Examination NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Central Florida FL 2011-DN-BX-K553 $241,257 Closed
2011 Degraded Ignitable Liquids Database: An Applied Study of Weathering and Bacterial Degradation on the Chromatographic Patterns of ASTM E 1618 Ignitable Liquid Classes NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The University of Central Florida FL 2011-DN-BX-K539 $470,545 Closed
2010 Frequency Occurrence of Handwriting and Hand-Printing Characteristics NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines University of Central Florida FL 2010-DN-BX-K273 $498,659 Closed
2010 Molecular Characterization of Trace Biological Evidence for the Optimized Recovery and Analysis of 'Touch DNA' NIJ FY 10 Forensic DNA Research and Development University of Central Florida FL 2010-DN-BX-K139 $304,657 Closed
2009 Experimental Study of the Validity and Reliability of Digital Forensics Tools NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines University of Central Florida FL 2009-DN-BX-K237 $382,000 Closed
2009 Identification of Forensically Relevant Fluids and Tissues by Small RNA Profiling NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals University of Central Florida FL 2009-DN-BX-K255 $328,962 Closed
2009 Predicting the Biological Age of a Bloodstain Donor NIJ FY 09 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals The University of Central Florida FL 2009-DN-BX-K179 $300,450 Closed
2009 Statistical Assessment of the Probability of Correct identification of Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris Analysis NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines University of Central Florida FL 2009-DN-BX-K227 $415,992 Closed
2008 Application of Chemometrics for the Identification of Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris Samples NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Analysis of Fire and Arson: Invited Full Proposals University of Central Florida FL 2008-DN-BX-K069 $242,281 Closed
2008 De-convolution of Body Fluid Mixtures: Cell Type Identification and Single Source Genetic Profiling of Micro-Dissected Cells NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals University of Central Florida FL 2008-DN-BX-K007 $415,776 Closed