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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
2009 Improvements to Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry for Quantitative Forensic Analysis Using a Short Pulse (100 Femtosecond) Ultraviolet Laser NIJ FY 09 Research and Development in Forensis Analysis of Trace Evidence: Invited Full Proposals Ames Laboratory (DOE) 2009-DN-R-112 $237,977 Closed
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
2017 Combined Extraction Method for Mitochondrial DNA and Proteins from Hair for Human Identification NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Battelle Memorial Institute OH 2017-DN-BX-0159 $398,546 Closed
2012 Use of Novel Chemistry & Microwave Instrumentation to ImproveBody Fluid Assay Sensitivity & Speed while Reducing Costs NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2012-DN-BX-K044 $403,671 Closed
2014 Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2014-DN-BX-K014 $588,326 Closed
2015 Improving Seminal Fluid Detection Sensitivity in Extended Post-Coital Intervals by QQQ Mass Spectrometry NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Colorado Seminary, owns & operates the University of Denver CO 2015-R2-CX-0024 $49,799 Closed
2012 Developmental Validation of a High-Specificity Multiplex Assay for Human Body Fluid Identification NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Colorado Seminary, which owns the University of Denver CO 2012-DN-BX-K035 $576,429 Closed
2015 Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence Department of Forensic Science VA 2015-DN-BX-K008 $149,504 Closed
2006 An Investigation of the Effect of DNA Degradation and Inhibition on PCR Amplification of Single Source and Mixed Forensic Samples NIJ FY06 Forensic DNA Research and Development Solicitation: Invited Full Applications Florida International University FL 2006-DN-BX-K006 $347,399 Closed
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
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
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
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
2017 Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-R2-CX-0021 $494,695 Closed
2017 Toxicological Time Travel: Retrospective Datamining of Analytical Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Data for Evaluating the Rise and Fall of Novel Opioid and Fentanyl Analog Use in the United States NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 Fredric Rieders Family Foundation: CFSRE PA 2017-DN-BX-0169 $499,005 Closed
2019 Identification of Anticoagulant Adulterants in Seized Material and Biological Samples Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2019-DU-BX-0020 $412,100 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
2008 High Throughput Mass Spectrometry to Exploit Genetic Differences in Same-Length STR Alleles NIJ FY 08 Forensic DNA Research and Development: Invited Full Proposals Ibis Biosciences, Inc., a Subsidiary of Isis Pharmaceuticals CA 2008-DN-BX-K304 $649,821 Closed
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
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
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
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
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