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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: Drug crime

Number of Awards: 53
Total Amount Awarded: $28,847,480

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
2023 Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes OAKLAND UNIVERSITY MI 15PNIJ-23-GG-04225-RESS $308,002 Open
2023 Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FL 15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU $431,892 Open
2023 Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 15PNIJ-23-GG-01927-HT $997,729 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 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
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
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
2019 Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE NC 2019-R2-CX-0017 $239,196 Closed
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 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Using Social Network and Spatial Analysis to Understand and Address Fentanyl Distribution Networks in America’s Largest Port City Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION CA 2019-R2-CX-0020 $995,490 Past Project Period End Date
2019 What You Can't Buy, Can't Kill You Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM AL 2019-R2-CX-0019 $641,016 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 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
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
2017 Development of a comprehensive genetic tool for identification of Cannabis sativa samples for forensic and intelligence purposes NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0030 $48,907 Closed
2017 Development of Advanced Computation and Geographic Visualization Methods for Geospatial and Temporal Strategic Risk Assessment of Crime NIJ FY17 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION CA 2016-R2-CX-0020 $50,000 Closed
2016 Developing Methods for Assessing Outcomes of Law and Policy on Drug Trafficking Offenders, Organizations, and Criminal Justice Responses Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime ABT ASSOCIATES INC. MA 2016-R2-CX-K001 $999,887 Closed
2016 Development of a comprehensive genetic tool for identification of Cannabis sativa samples for forensic and intelligence purposes Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0030 $46,008 Closed
2016 Development of Advanced Computational and Geographic Visualization Methods for Geospatial and Temporal Strategic Risk Assessment of Crime NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION CA 2016-R2-CX-0020 $50,000 Closed
2016 Drugs, DUI, and Crime? What Are the Effects of Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado? NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Purdue University IN 2016-R2-CX-0008 $32,000 Closed
2015 Development of a Comprehensive Genetic Tool for Identification of Cannabis Sativa Samples for Forensic and Intelligence Purposes NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0030 $46,008 Closed
2015 Tennessee's FFY 2015 DBRG Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TN 2015-DN-BX-0116 $2,162,375 Closed
2014 Area 2: Reducing Crime for Girl in the Juvenile Justice System through Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships NIJ FY 14 Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 2014-IJ-CX-0044 $645,456 Closed
2014 Substance Abuse Treatment as a Mechanism to Reduce Drug Abuse and Crime NIJ FY 14 Data Resources Program 2014: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. MA 2014-R2-CX-0015 $39,996 Closed