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: 99
Total Amount Awarded: $37,489,274

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2020	Research on Forensic Toxicological Laboratory Testing and Reporting Practices	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2020	Federal Bureau of Investigation		DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0008	$562,700	Open
2019	Chemical Foundations of a Cannabis Breathalyzer	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	National Institute of Standards and Technology		DJO-NIJ-19-RO-0008	$481,103	Open
2018	Fentanyl Contamination	NIJ FY18 Non-solicited Applications	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health		DJO-NIJ-18-RO-0506	$500,000	Open
2007	MicroCantilever (MC) based Robust Sensing Approach for Controlled Substances	NIJ Non-solicited Applications, FY 2007	Ames Laboratory (DOE)		2008-DN-R-038	$685,000	Closed
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
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
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
2016	Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Keck Graduate Institute	CA	2016-R2-CX-0059	$618,790	Open
2013	Aptamer-Based, Exonuclease-Amplified, Paper Device for Point of Collection Screening of Cocaine and Methamphetamine in Oral Fluid	NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Florida International University	FL	2013-DN-BX-K032	$352,223	Closed
2014	Forensic Toxicological Screening/Confirmation of 500+ Designer Drugs by LC-QTOF-MS and LC-QqQ-MS Analysis	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2014-R2-CX-K006	$396,970	Closed
2011	Comprehensive Forensic Toxicological Analysis Of Designer Drugs	NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2011-DN-BX-K559	$143,225	Closed
2015	The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-IJ-CX-K006	$333,582	Closed
2015	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-NE-BX-K001	$195,710	Closed
2015	Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples.	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2015-R2-CX-0034	$50,000	Open
2018	Evaluating Analytical Parameters and Understanding Drug-Matrix Interactions in Forensic Hair Analysis	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2018-75-CX-0037	$400,349	Closed
2017	Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0004	$50,000	Closed
2017	Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions	NIJ FY17 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2017	Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-MU-BX-0002	$467,885	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
2004	The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse.	National Institute of Justice Continuation Awards - Office of Science and Technology	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2004-WG-BX-K077	$499,865	Closed
2008	FY2008 FIDEX - CSI Project	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	National Forensic Science Technology Center	FL	2008-IJ-CX-K405	$450,000	Closed
2020	LC-QqQ-MS screening assay for abused drug exposure based on covalent peptide/protein modification	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-R2-CX-0023	$100,000	Closed
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
2023	Development of a Stable Matrix-Matched Standard for Molecular and Elemental Analysis of Hair in Forensic Toxicology	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-01945-RESS	$110,966	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