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.

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

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Number of Awards: 376
Total Amount Awarded: $199,449,920

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2020	A Two-State Examination of Varied Measurement Strategies for Juvenile Reoffending	Research on Juvenile Reoffending, Fiscal Year 2020	Florida State University	FL	2020-MU-MU-0039	$512,718	Open
2020	Accounting for Covariates in Forensic Error Rate Assessment and Evidence Interpretation	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2019-DU-BX-4011	$495,056	Open
2020	Adapted Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model to Reduce Recidivism in an Underserved Area: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pre-Release and Post-Release Reentry Components	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020	University of South Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2020-75-CX-0008	$1,218,129	Open
2020	Alibi Generation: Improving innocents suspects accuracy and examining alibi discriminability using a novel GPS paradigm	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-R2-CX-0019	$83,840	Open
2020	Biomarkers of Cannabis Exposure in Exhaled Breath Condensate and Oral Fluid	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-DQ-BX-0011	$434,273
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	Open
2020	Statistical Infrastructure for the Use of Error Rate Studies in the Interpretation of Forensic Evidence	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE	FL	2018-DU-BX-4228	$87,206	Open
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	Design and Testing of a Computational Aid for Fire Debris Data Interpretation	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2019-DU-BX-0016	$321,025	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	Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2019-R2-CX-0039	$150,000	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	Human Identification from Computed Tomography Derived 3D Models using Part-to-Part Comparison Analysis	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	University of South Florida	FL	2019-DU-BX-0031	$536,181	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
2019	Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial of Comprehensive Trauma Informed Reentry Services for Moderate to High Risk Youth Releasing From State Prisons	Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, FY 2019	Florida State University	FL	2019-MU-CX-0065	$1,197,172	Open
2018	A Comprehensive Assessment of Deadly Mass Shootings, 1980-2018	NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence	Florida State University	FL	2018-75-CX-0024	$289,810	Open
2018	Analysis and Characterization of Smokeless Powders and Smokeless Powder Residues	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-R2-CX-0008	$150,000	Open
2018	Autosomal DNA-STR Profiling of Directly Captured Spermatozoa from Post-Coital (3-10 Days) Cervico-Vaginal Samples	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-NE-BX-0001	$600,704	Open
2018	Bone Mineral Density and Adult Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of South Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-DU-BX-0197	$130,242	Closed
2018	Classification Procedure for Lubricant Stains and Samples Collected from Sexual Assaults	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-MU-BX-0002	$354,195	Open
2018	Demo of Shielded Micro Jamming (SMJ) in an Inmate Building at the Cumberland FCI	NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications	J3 Technology LLC	FL	2018-75-CX-K004	$298,000	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	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	Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion in Florida Criminal Courts	NIJ FY18 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Crime	University of South Florida Board of Trustees	FL	2018-R2-CX-0021	$248,077	Open