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: 1,337
Total Amount Awarded: $404,380,951

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
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	Aptamer-Based Oral Fluid Testing Device for Roadside Screening of Recent Marijuana Use in Drivers	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	NC	15PNIJ-22-GG-04440-RESS	$359,373	Open
2022	Assessing the impact of treatment quality, matching and dosage on juvenile justice outcomes among a statewide sample of youth with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders	NIJ FY22 Research on Juvenile Justice Topics	RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	NY	15PNIJ-22-GG-03054-TITL	$200,000	Open
2022	Breath Measurements of Acute Cannabis Use (BACE): Towards Reliable Determination of Recent Use	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0003	$1,450,809	Open
2022	Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS	$170,834	Open
2022	Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU	$485,938	Open
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
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
2022	Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)		FREDRIC RIEDERS FAMILY RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION	PA	2020-DQ-BX-0007	$200,000	Open
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
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
2022	What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	PA	15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS	$1,392,265	Declined
2021	Advanced Microfluidic Technology for Automated, Rapid, and Objective Laboratory Screening of Seized Drugs	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE	NC	15PNIJ-21-GG-04176-COAP	$327,558	Open
2021	An evaluation of the SEPTA police SAVE initiative	Research and Evaluation on Policing, Fiscal Year 2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	PA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02717-RESS	$520,040	Open
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
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 Effect of Oregon’s Measure 110 on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice Outcomes	W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System, Fiscal Year 2021	THE RAND CORPORATION	CA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04709-NIJB	$598,053	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	Open
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
2021	Illuminating the Dark: Molecular Networking as a Novel Psychoactive Substance Identification Strategy	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	WI	15PNIJ-21-GG-04171-COAP	$271,842	Open
2021	Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008	$25,000	Open
2021	The problems with Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC, Delta-10 THC and CBD) and their metabolites detectability in urine drug testing for potential cannabinoid abuse.	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	VA	15PNIJ-21-GG-04188-RESS	$161,031	Past Project Period End Date
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	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Augmenting, Analyzing, and Archiving Criminal Trajectories in Four Birth Cohorts from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1995-2023	Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime, Fiscal Year 2020	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	MA	2020-JX-FX-0002	$674,183	Open