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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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Subtopic: Drugs

Number of Awards: 216
Total Amount Awarded: $99,302,193

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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
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
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
2009 Evaluating A Drug Testing and Graduated Sanctions Program in Delaware: A Randomized Trial NIJ FY 09 ORE Evaluation of a Demonstration Program: Drug Testing, Certain and Swift Sanctions and Treatment Referral for Chronic Drug Users Under Community Supervision University of Delaware DE 2009-IJ-CX-0003 $499,631 Closed
2010 "Expansion of a Cheminformatic Database of Spectral Data for Forensic Chemists and Toxicologists" NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Research Triangle Institute NC 2010-DN-BX-K177 $499,804 Closed
2004 The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse. National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology The Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2004-WG-BX-K077 $499,865 Closed
2018 Fentanyl Contamination NIJ FY18 Non-solicited Applications Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health DJO-NIJ-18-RO-0506 $500,000 Open
2022 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $500,000 Open
2018 Through the E-Cigarette Looking Glass: The Impact of Vaping Ethanol on DUI Investigations NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY VA 2018-75-CX-0036 $517,961 Closed
2008 Analysis of Cocaine Analytes in Human Hair II: Evaluation of Different Hair Color and Ethnicity Types NIJ FY 08 Research and Development in Forensic Toxicology: Invited Full Proposals Research Triangle Institute NC 2008-DN-BX-K179 $519,146 Closed
2007 Multi-site Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Continuation Application Proposal NIJ FY 07 ORE Continuations The Urban Institute DC 2003-DC-BX-1001 $523,263 Closed
2014 CPD FY2014 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes NIJ FY 14 Optimizing the Use of Video Technology to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes Chicago, City of IL 2014-R2-CX-K002 $528,957 Closed
2021 Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OH 15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB $533,204 Open
2006 Synthesis and Analytical Profiles for Regiosomeric and Isobaric Amines Related to MDMA, MDEA and MBDB: Differentiation of Drug and non-Drug Substances of Mass Spectral Equivalence. NIJ FY06 Forensics Science Research Targeting Forensic Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Odontology, Trace Evidence, Controlled Substances, and Questioned Documents: Invited Full Applications Auburn University AL 2006-DN-BX-K016 $533,746 Closed
2020 Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020 THE FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION PA 2020-DQ-BX-0007 $555,401 Open
2020 Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008 $562,700 Open
2003 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL DRUG COURT EVALUATION The Urban Institute DC 2003-DC-BX-1001 $570,835 Closed
2013 Dried Blood Spot Analysis as an Emerging Technology for Application in Forensic Toxicology NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Research Triangle Institute NC 2013-DN-BX-K017 $571,987 Closed
2008 ROADS DIVERGE: LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF RELAPSE, RECIDIVISM AND DESISTANCE FOR A RE-ENTRY COHORT NIJ FY 08 ORE Crime and Justice University of Delaware DE 2008-IJ-CX-0017 $586,816 Closed
2017 Delaware Opiate Metric Intelligence Project NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime 2017 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE DE 2017-IJ-CX-0016 $588,717 Closed
2022 Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes VALENTI, DENISE A MA 15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS $595,000 Open
2019 Third Party Policing: A Randomized Field Trial to Assess Drug Crime Reduction and Police-Hotel Partnerships in Anne Arundel County, MD Research and Evaluation on Policing, FY 2019 POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM DC 2019-R2-CX-0026 $597,452 Open
2019 Detecting Fentanyl and Major Players in Darknet Drug Markets by Analyzing Drug Networks and Developing a Threat Assessment Tool Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 2019-R2-CX-0018 $598,637 Closed
2022 Research and Development Using High-level Quantum Chemistry Calculations for the Creation of a Rapid Field Test for the Identification and Differentiation of Hemp and Marijuana NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE NY 15PNIJ-22-GG-04423-SLFO $604,176 Open
2019 Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019 Naval Research Laboratory DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0011 $605,696 Closed