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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 Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2018 A Paradigm Shift in Forensic Toxicology Screening: The Development and Validation of Two Automated Sample Preparation Techniques for the Comprehensive Screening of Biological Matrices Using High Resol NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 2018-DU-BX-0168 $448,063 Closed
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
2023 New Age Therapeutics: Development and Validation of an Analytical Workflow for the Analysis of Psychedelics in Biological Matrices NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01426-RESS $441,886 Open
2023 Pivoting Headspace Ethanol Analysis to Accommodate Modern Day Scenarios NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories VA DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE VA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01424-MUMU $371,593 Open
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
2023 The Low-Down on Methamphetamine Isomers: Prevalence and Pharmacology in Humans NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM WI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04216-MUMU $1,042,225 Open
2012 Effects of Child Maltreatment, Cumulative Victimization Experiences, and Proximal Life Stress on Adult Outcomes of Substance Use, Mental Health Problems, and Antisocial Behavior NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence University of Washington WA 2012-IJ-CX-0023 $428,396 Closed
2019 Enhancing Public Health and Public Safety: Informing Medication-Assisted Treatment Policies and Programs in the Criminal Justice System Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 2019-R2-CX-0006 $145,611 Closed
2011 Prediction of drug interactions with methadone, buprenorphine and oxycodone from in vitro inhibition of metabolism NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Utah UT 2011-DN-BX-K532 $1,058,604 Closed
2014 Data mining PCC annual reports NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Utah UT 2014-R2-CX-K012 $176,030 Closed
2018 The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 2018-DU-BX-0180 $726,629 Closed
2011 Race and Drug Arrests: Specific Deterrence and Collateral Consequences NIJ FY 11 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program University of South Florida FL 2011-IJ-CX-0004 $93,553 Closed
2016 Assessing Trends In Deaths Associated With Opioid and Alcohol Withdrawal In Jails Data Resources Program 2016: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of Rochester NY 2016-R2-CX-0037 $39,807 Closed
2018 Novel Quantitation Workflow for Improved Drug Surveillance NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2018-75-CX-0006 $624,989 Closed
2019 Novel GLC-based Method for Identification of Positional Isomeric Fentanyls Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TX 2019-R2-CX-0043 $50,000 Closed
2006 A Collaborative Approach to Eliminating Street Drug Markets: A Process and Outcome Evaluation NIJ FY06 ORE Evaluation of Public Safety Interventions University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC 2006-IJ-CX-0034 $283,001 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
2000 FY'99 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Res & Eval Grant CLEFS Comprehensive Wellness Program University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center NM 2000-WT-VX-0004 $184,440 Closed
2014 The Effects of Increased Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs to Children and Adolescents on Trends in Juvenile Delinquency and Violence: Empirical Analysis Using State-Level Panel Data NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data University of New Haven CT 2014-R2-CX-0003 $38,274 Closed
2023 Cannabis liberalization policies and trends in cannabis-related school-based discipline: Examining sociodemographic disparities in Massachusetts NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 15PNIJ-23-GG-01954-TITL $111,000 Open
2014 Long Term Effects of Drug Court Participation Evidence from a 15 Year Follow up of a Randomized Controlled Trial NIJ FY 14 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Maryland MD 2014-IJ-CX-0009 $31,982 Closed
1999 National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards University of Maryland MD 1999-LT-VX-K010 $1,421,816 Closed
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
2012 Optimizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Support Law Enforcement Activities NIJ FY 12 Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions University of Kentucky Research Foundation KY 2012-R2-CX-0007 $363,226 Closed
2008 ROADS DIVERGE: LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF RELAPSE, RECIDIVISM AND DESISTANCE FOR A RE-ENTRY COHORT NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Delaware DE 2008-IJ-CX-0017 $586,816 Closed