NIJ FY24 Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute

NIJ seeks to establish and operate a Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute to rapidly identify and report newly emerging opioids, stimulants, and other drugs that may cause intoxication, impairment, or other adverse effects.  

The NPS DiscERn should focus on, but not be limited to: 

  1. Providing an open-access drug early warning system that collaborates with forensic science, public health, and criminal justice agencies to rapidly identify emerging opioids, stimulants, and other drugs known as novel psychoactive substances (NPS).  
  2. Providing analytical methodologies and testing scope recommendations for state, local, federal, or private seized drug and forensic toxicology testing laboratories. 
  3. Exploring alternative or nontraditional sources for NPS information, such as wastewater or syringe washes. 
  4. Curating a common reference of forensically relevant drug substances (prioritizing NPS) that defines a systematic name and incorporates synonyms. This reference may support the standardization of reported results and strengthen data collection across multiple reporting systems. 
  5. Educating forensic practitioners, law enforcement, medical examiners and coroners, legal, public health, and treatment professionals, and the public about emerging drug threats, NPS trends, and testing technologies or methods that support the identification or assessment of NPS. 

REVIEW SOLICITATION

Application Instructions 

Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each step with its own deadline: 

  1. Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov.
    Grants.gov Deadline: April 30, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET 
  2. Submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants.
    JustGrants Deadline: May 7, 2024 at 8:59 p.m. ET 

Applicants must register with Grants.gov and JustGrants prior to submitting an application.  

This solicitation is competitive; therefore, NIJ staff cannot have individual conversations with prospective applicants. Any questions concerning the solicitation should be submitted to the OJP Response Center: 800-851-3420; TTY at 301-240-6310 (for hearing impaired only); or email [email protected]. See also NIJ’s solicitation FAQ webpage. 

The following application elements must be included in the application to meet the basic minimum requirements to advance to peer review and receive consideration for funding: 

  • SF-424 and SF-LLL (in Grants.gov). 
  • Proposal Narrative (in JustGrants). 
  • Budget Web-Based Form, which includes the budget details and the budget narrative (in JustGrants). 
  • Curriculum Vitae/Resumes for Key Personnel (For purposes of this solicitation, “key personnel” means the principal investigator, all co-principal investigators, and other
    significant contributors.)
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