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 Sort ascending	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Developmental Validation of a Novel Multi-analyte Recovery Method for Trace Biological Samples	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	WV	15PNIJ-23-GG-04207-DNAX	$494,268	Open
2023	Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU	$431,892	Open
2023	Recovery and Analysis of Less Volatile Components for the Identification of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris - Continuation of current NIJ-funded project (2020-DQ-BX-0003)	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	TN	15PNIJ-23-GG-04223-RESS	$99,818	Open
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
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
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
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	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
2023	Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS	$110,966	Open
2022	Species Identification in Forensic Casework using Proteomics	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	CA	15PNIJ-22-GG-03566-SLFO	$498,963	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	Application of Analytical Chemistry to Test the Accuracy of Human Residual Odor Detection by Cadaver Dogs	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE	TN	15PNIJ-22-GG-04412-SLFO	$395,516	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
2021	Validation of a Confirmatory Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Body Fluid Assay for Use in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, Fiscal Year 2021	NEW YORK CITY OFF OF CHEIF MED EXAM	NY	15PNIJ-21-GG-02712-SLFO	$105,592	Open
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
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	Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP	$437,665	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	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
2004	Forensic Glass Analysis by LA-ICP-MS: Assessing the Feasibility of Correlating Windshield Composition and Supplier	General Forensics Research and Development: Call for White Papers	Sacramento County	CA	2004-IJ-CX-K007	$36,053	Closed
2003	Use of LC/MS/MS to Rapidly Perform First-Pass Screening for Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Toxicology Cases	General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003	Georgia Bureau of Investigation	GA	2003-IJ-CX-K007	$407,451	Closed
2003	Elemental Analysis of Glass and Paint Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Forensic Application	General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2003-IJ-CX-K004	$136,627	Closed
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
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
2005	Enhanced Forensic Mass Spectrometry Methods	General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications	West Virginia University Research Corporation	WV	2005-IJ-CX-K014	$169,091	Closed