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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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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Contraband detection and control

Number of Awards: 10
Total Amount Awarded: $5,263,437

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 Quasi-experimental evaluation of contraband interdiction technologies NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on Corrections THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 15PNIJ-24-GG-01091-FSAX $849,383 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 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Combating the Use of Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities: A Multisite Technical Assessment and Evaluation of Interdiction Technologies NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2018-75-CX-K005 $999,841 Open
2018 Demo of Shielded Micro Jamming (SMJ) in an Inmate Building at the Cumberland FCI NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications J3 TECHNOLOGY LLC FL 2018-75-CX-K004 $298,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 RF Fingerprinting for Contraband Wireless Devices Identification, Detection and Tracking in Correctional Facilities. NIJ FY18 Communications Technologies Research and Evaluation for Law Enforcement and Corrections Applications MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 2018-75-CX-K002 $599,121 Closed
2015 Research on Contraband and Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities NIJ FY 15 Research on the Efficacy of Different Contraband Interdiction Modalities Used in Correctional Facilities THE URBAN INSTITUTE DC 2015-IJ-CX-K001 $499,999 Closed
2011 Time Difference of Arrival System for cell phone localization in correctional facilities NIJ FY 11 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Intelligent Automation, Inc. MD 2011-IJ-CX-K002 $249,978 Closed
2007 UWB Enhanced Time Difference of Arrival System NIJ FY 07 Sensors and Surveillance Technologies: Invited Full Proposals Intelligent Automation, Inc. MD 2007-RG-CX-K179 $300,000 Closed
2006 Cell Phone Detector NIJ/Office of Science and Technology Continuations South Carolina Research Authority SC 2006-DE-BX-K007 $200,000 Closed