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: 1,028
Total Amount Awarded: $221,346,891

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2024	Advancing New Psychoactive Substance Detection by Performance Comparison of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques	NIJ FY24 Graduate Research Fellowship	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-24-GG-01569-RESS	$119,881	Awarded, but not yet accepted
2024	Exploring the Intersection of Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, and Other Criminal Activity in the United States	NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime: Money Laundering, Firearms, and Human Trafficking	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	IL	15PNIJ-24-GG-01904-RESS	$649,895	Open
2024	Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Opioids: Towards a Generalized Approach to Detection of Dangerous Drug Classes	NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Naval Research Laboratory		GRANT14119305	$624,483	Open
2024	Quantitative Evaluation of Hemp-Derived Vape Products for Accurate Labeling, Identification of Unknowns, and Stability	NIJ FY24 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	National Institute of Standards and Technology		GRANT14121774	$300,000	Open
2023	Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002	$400,000	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
2022	Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002	$463,932	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
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	Examining the multifaceted impacts of drug decriminalization on public safety, law enforcement, and prosecutorial discretion	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY	OR	15PNIJ-21-GG-02804-RESS	$495,596	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	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
2020	Assessment of the Contribution to Drug Impaired Driving from Emerging and Undertested Drugs	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	2020-DQ-BX-0009	$478,783	Closed
2020	Oklahoma Methamphetamine Data Initiative	Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	OK	2020-R2-CX-0014	$587,219	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
2019	Combining LC-MS/MS Product-Ion Scan Technology with GC-MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluidsand Tissues	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0002	$372,438	Closed
2019	Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp	Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-R2-CX-0045	$50,000	Closed
2019	Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Opioid Detection in Seized Substances	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0024	$365,101	Closed
2019	Research to Develop Validated Methods for THC Quantification in Complex Matrices by High-resolution DART-MSFocus on Edibles and Plant Materials	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2019-DU-BX-0026	$465,724	Closed
2018	Assessing Perceived Effects of I-502: A Survey on Recreational Cannabis in Washington State	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	Washington State University	WA	2018-R2-CX-0003	$32,000	Closed
2018	Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-led Policing Strategy	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	IA	2018-AR-BX-0004	$725,018	Closed
2018	Detection and Identification of Psychoactive Material Based On SPME-facilitated DART-MS-derived Headspace Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	NY	2018-R2-CX-0012	$100,000	Closed
2018	Development of a probabilistic multiclass model selection algorithm for high-dimension and complex data encountered in forensic pattern and trace evidence.	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY	SD	2018-R2-CX-0010	$149,942	Closed
2018	Establishing Sufficiency Thresholds for Assessing the Quality of Mass Spectral Data	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories	HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, INC.	TX	2018-DU-BX-0184	$282,703	Closed
2018	Identification of Drugs in Powders, Tablets, Liquids, and Plant Material Via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME)	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	IN	2018-75-CX-0035	$96,469	Closed