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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Number of Awards: 137
Total Amount Awarded: $40,093,206

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount Sort ascending	Status
2013	Bath Salt-type Aminoketone designer Drugs: Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Substituted Cathinones	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Auburn University	AL	2013-DN-BX-K022	$344,325	Closed
2013	Analysis of Drugs of Abuse in Human Hair: Surface Contamination and Localization of Analytes	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2013-DN-BX-K021	$343,845	Closed
2012	The Evaluation of Laser Diode Thermal Desorption ((LDTD) for High Throughput Analysis of Controlled Substances and Toxicology in Forensic Sciences	NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Research Triangle Institute	NC	2012-R2-CX-K004	$331,494	Closed
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
2016	Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time at Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	University of Central Florida	FL	2016-NE-BX-0001	$324,082	Closed
2023	Evaluation of the Luxon Ion Source for Rapid Screening in Forensic Laboratories	NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-23-GG-01419-RESS	$319,172	Open
2003	Capillary Electrophoretic Analysis of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory Evidence	General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003	Washington State Patrol	WA	2003-LT-BX-K004	$316,222	Closed
2017	Prevalence of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Oral Fluid	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2017-R2-CX-0019	$311,221	Closed
2018	High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Screening in Forensic Toxicology: Cost Benefit Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY	TX	2018-75-CX-0040	$306,688	Past Project Period End Date
2015	Analytical Validation and Impact Assessment of On-Site Evidence Screening via Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2015-IJ-CX-K011	$299,753	Closed
2018	Increasing Safety, Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity of Controlled Substance Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	STATE POLICE, MARYLAND	MD	2018-DU-BX-0165	$299,234	Closed
2017	Coupling Raman Spectroscopy with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry for On-site, High-Throughput Evidence Confirmation on a Single Instrumental Platform	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Illinois State University	IL	2017-R2-CX-0022	$298,100	Closed
2019	Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	2019-DU-BX-0021	$295,625	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
2023	Research and Development of an Approach for Non-invasive Determination of Cannabis Ingestion for Forensic Science Purposes	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	15PNIJ-23-GG-04236-RESS	$291,801	Open
2009	Rapid Screening and Confirmation of Organic GSR using Electrospray Mass Spectrometry	NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2009-DN-BX-K251	$291,339	Closed
2008	Forensic Analysis of Ink Using a Revolutionary Mass Spectrometry Method	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	Iowa State University	IA	2006-DN-BX-K017	$287,000	Closed
2020	Detection of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris by Using Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	TN	2020-DQ-BX-0003	$285,229	Open
2013	Statistical Analysis and Forensics Determination of Designer Drugs via Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany	NY	2013-DN-BX-K041	$284,562	Closed
2013	Biometrics from the Isotopic Analysis of Amino Acids in Human Hair	NIJ FY 13 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2013-DN-BX-K007	$283,464	Closed
2010	LA-ICP-MS and LIBS analysis of paper, inks, soils, cotton and glass	NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2010-DN-BX-K179	$283,090	Closed
2017	The Use of Gas Chromatography with Tandem Ultra Violet and Mass Spectrometric Detection for the Analysis of Emerging Drugs. Application to Synthetic Cathinones and Fentanyl Analogs.	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The George Washington University	DC	2017-R2-CX-0028	$275,221	Closed
2014	Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Drug and Drug Metabolite Screening Directly fromPostmortem Blood Samples	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Trustees of Indiana University	IN	2014-R2-CX-K007	$273,826	Closed
2011	Developing Guidelines for the Application of Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Forensic Evidence	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Michigan State University	MI	2011-DN-BX-K560	$272,220	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