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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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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
2014 A Plan for the State of Wisconsin to Improve Forensic Science and medical Examiner Quality Services NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Wisconsin Department of Justice WI 2014-CD-BX-0012 $128,610 Closed
2014 Statewide effort to achieve backlog reduction and improve the quality of forensic sciences in Indiana. NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Indiana Criminal Justice Institute IN 2014-CD-BX-0065 $147,157 Closed
2014 State of Alabama's FY2014 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement (NFSIA) Grant Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Alabama Department of Economic And Community Affairs AL 2014-CD-BX-0062 $108,253 Closed
2014 2014 Maine Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Maine ME 2014-CD-BX-0051 $63,029 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet KY 2014-CD-BX-0034 $98,434 Closed
2014 Maryland's Forensic Science Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Governors Office of Crime Control And Prevention MD 2014-CD-BX-0001 $132,777 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program West Virginia Division of Administrative Services, Justice and Community Services WV 2014-CD-BX-0016 $63,029 Closed
2014 BPD's Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Project NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Boston MA 2014-CD-BX-0019 $175,000 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program North Carolina Department of Public Safety NC 2014-CD-BX-0050 $220,550 Closed
2014 City of Phoenix Police Department, FY 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Phoenix Police Department AZ 2014-CD-BX-0068 $174,996 Closed
2014 Minneapolis Crime Lab Portable Equipment Upgrades NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Minneapolis - POlice MN 2014-CD-BX-0022 $93,888 Closed
2014 Decrease the Controlled Substance Analysis Backlog Utilizing Overtime NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oregon State Police OR 2014-CD-BX-0063 $88,015 Closed
2014 2014 Oklahoma Forensic Science Improvement Grant NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Oklahoma District Attorneys Council OK 2014-CD-BX-0048 $256,627 Closed
2014 FY 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Executive Office of the Governor of DE DE 2014-CD-BX-0044 $63,029 Closed
2014 Optimizing the Quality and Productivity of the Horry County Police Department's Forensic Services Through the Acquisition of a Laboratory Information Managemant System NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Horry County Government SC 2014-CD-BX-0069 $40,193 Closed
2014 Improving Crime Laboratory services through training NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration AR 2014-CD-BX-0061 $66,276 Closed
2014 2014 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program NIJ FY 14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection CT 2014-CD-BX-0035 $183,390 Closed