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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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Keyword(s): mass spectrometry

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

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
2021 FY 2021 MDSP - Expanding Targeted Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Capabilities for Controlled Substance Analysis Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE MD 15PNIJ-21-GG-02713-COAP $96,741 Open
2023 Study of Factors Influencing Mass Spectral Data Comparison NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories STATE POLICE, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF KY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01428-RESS $69,835 Open
2013 Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2013-DN-BX-K019 $197,491 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
2018 IDENTIFICATION OF LOW EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR POST-BLAST RESIDUES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) COUPLED WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) SPECTROSCOPY NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-R2-CX-0015 $150,000 Closed
2015 Automated Derivatization and Identification of Controlled Substances via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2015-DN-BX-K058 $190,223 Closed
2016 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $48,406 Closed
2018 Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2018-75-CX-0034 $445,244 Past Project Period End Date
2017 Coupling Gas Chromatography (GC) and Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 2017-R2-CX-0018 $370,180 Closed
2017 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $48,666 Closed
2018 Development of Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Acetyl Fentanyl and Synthetic Cannabinoids NIJ FY18 Continuations Trustees of Indiana University IN 2016-DN-BX-0007 $47,896 Closed
2005 Instrumental Analysis of Pigmented Ink Jet Printer Inks General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications Indiana University IN 2005-IJ-CX-K064 $261,258 Closed
2023 Nanoparticle-Decorated Micropillars As Integrated Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Quantitative and High-Throughput Toxicology Drug Analysis NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 15PNIJ-23-GG-04235-RESS $199,676 Open
2011 Accessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crimes Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Illinois State University IL 2011-DN-BX-K552 $396,780 Closed
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
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
2020 Validation of a LC-DAD-ESI/MS/MS method for the accurate measurement of THC and THCA-A among twenty cannabinoids in various products of Cannabis Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IL 2020-DQ-BX-0021 $160,181 Closed
2006 Forensic Analysis of Ink, Arson, Explosive, and Controlled-Substance Samples Using a Revolutionary Mass Spectrometry Method NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications Iowa State University IA 2006-DN-BX-K017 $414,145 Closed
2013 Detection of Gunshot Residue in Blowfly Larvae, Decomposing Porcine Tissue, and Porcine Bone Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 13 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2013-IJ-CX-0012 $30,000 Closed
2016 Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint for Forensic Evidence Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2016-DN-BX-0190 $362,037 Closed
2016 Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2016-DN-BX-0008 $50,000 Closed
2017 Nanoparticles for Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprint NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Iowa State University of Science and Technology IA 2016-DN-BX-0008 $50,000 Closed
2019 Forensic Evidence from Chemical Imaging of Triacylglycerols in Latent Fingerprints Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IA 2019-DU-BX-0134 $516,836 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