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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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Subtopic: Drugs

Number of Awards: 216
Total Amount Awarded: $99,302,193

Funded Awards
FY Sort descending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 Third Party Policing: A Randomized Field Trial to Assess Drug Crime Reduction and Police-Hotel Partnerships in Anne Arundel County, MD Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 2019-R2-CX-0026 $597,452 Open
2019 Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2019-MU-MU-0007 $1,241,355 Open
2019 Using Social Network and Spatial Analysis to Understand and Address Fentanyl Distribution Networks in America’s Largest Port City Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0020 $995,490 Open
2019 What You Can't Buy, Can't Kill You Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM AL 2019-R2-CX-0019 $641,016 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Assessment of the Contribution to Drug Impaired Driving from Emerging and Undertested Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0009 $478,783 Closed
2020 Emerging Drug Threats NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Drug Enforcement Administration DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0006 $125,000 Open
2020 Expanded Quantitative Cannabinoid Testing in Biological Specimens to Combat the Ever Changing Cannabis Landscape Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2020 VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2020-DQ-BX-0017 $290,353 Past Project Period End Date
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
2020 Rapid In-Field Analysis of Illicit Substances in Unknown Powders and Aerosols Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2020-R2-CX-0036 $150,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $555,401 Open
2020 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $562,700 Open
2020 Wastewater Epidemiology To Examine Stimulant Trends (weTEST) Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE KY 2020-R2-CX-0013 $862,567 Open
2021 Advanced Microfluidic Technology for Automated, Rapid, and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 15PNIJ-21-GG-04176-COAP $327,558 Open
2021 Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB $533,204 Open
2021 Examining the multifaceted impacts of drug decriminalization on public safety, law enforcement, and prosecutorial discretion NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY OR 15PNIJ-21-GG-02804-RESS $495,596 Open
2021 Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 15PNIJ-21-GG-04179-COAP $327,405 Closed
2021 Illuminating the Dark: Molecular Networking as a Novel Psychoactive Substance Identification Strategy Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-21-GG-04171-COAP $271,842 Open
2021 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $25,000 Open
2022 Aptamer-Based Oral Fluid Testing Device for Roadside Screening of Recent Marijuana Use in Drivers NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 15PNIJ-22-GG-04440-RESS $359,373 Open
2022 Assessing the impact of treatment quality, matching and dosage on juvenile justice outcomes among a statewide sample of youth with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders NIJ FY22 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 15PNIJ-22-GG-03054-TITL $200,000 Open
2022 Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS $170,834 Open
2022 Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU $485,938 Open
2022 Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VALENTI, DENISE A MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS $595,000 Open
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
2022 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Funding to Support the Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Program THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $200,000 Open