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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: Controlled substances

Number of Awards: 1,024
Total Amount Awarded: $219,652,632

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
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 Past Project Period End Date
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-MS—Focus 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
2018 Illegal Marijuana and Drug Related Violent Crime in North Texas NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TX 2018-75-CX-0005 $341,883 Closed
2018 Increasing Safety, Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity of Controlled Substance Analysis NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories STATE POLICE, MARYLAND MD 2018-DU-BX-0165 $299,234 Closed
2018 Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION WV 2018-75-CX-0033 $368,415 Closed
2017 A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION PA 2017-R2-CX-0002 $49,994 Closed