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Awards Listing

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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As part of accomplishing its mission, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for various research, development, and evaluation projects; forensic laboratory enhancement activities; and fellowship programs.

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State: FL,
City: Miami

Number of Awards: 92
Total Amount Awarded: $37,146,346

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019 Miami-Dade County FL 2019-DU-BX-0002 $372,438 Open
2019 Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2019-R2-CX-0045 $50,000 Open
2019 Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Opioid Detection in Seized Substances Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Florida International University FL 2019-DU-BX-0024 $365,101 Open
2019 FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula), FY 2019 Miami Dade County FL 2019-DN-BX-0090 $869,263 Open
2019 Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2019-DU-BX-0013 $279,983 Open
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 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2019-75-CX-0010 $497,208 Open
2018 Evaluating Analytical Parameters and Understanding Drug-Matrix Interactions in Forensic Hair Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2018-75-CX-0037 $400,349 Open
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY18 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) Miami Dade County FL 2018-DN-BX-0111 $715,185 Open
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 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2018-R2-CX-0030 $183,059 Open
2018 Validation of Novel Statistical Approaches for the Interpretation of Trace Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2018-DU-BX-0194 $499,318 Open
2017 City of Miami Police FY 2017 SAFE-ITR Inventory, Tracking and Reporting Project NIJ FY17 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence - Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) City of Miami FL 2017-AK-BX-0013 $264,263 Open
2017 Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2017-IJ-CX-0004 $50,000 Closed
2017 FY 2017 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY17 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) Miami Dade County FL 2017-DN-BX-0055 $653,772 Open
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 Open
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 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2017-NE-BX-0001 $368,512 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 Open
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 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2017-MU-BX-0002 $467,885 Open
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 The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2017-IJ-CX-0005 $50,000 Open
2016 FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog ReductionProgram - Miami-Dade Police Department DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2016-DN-BX-0034 $852,756 Closed
2016 Paul Coverdell Forensic ScienceImprovement Grants Program Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Miami, Florida FL 2016-CD-BX-0055 $92,086 Closed
2016 Quantifying New Illegal drugs in Postmortem Samples: Balancing Accuracy and Speed using LC/MS/MS. Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Miami Dade County FL 2016-CD-BX-0054 $250,000 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 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