# Drug Data Research Center to Combat the Opioid Crisis (16.046)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/16-046-drug-data-research-center-to-combat-the-opioid/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Drug Data Research Center to Combat the Opioid Crisis is run by Department of Justice. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $7.1 million in 2 grants, about $3.5 million per award.

## Objectives

Program goal(s) name: Create a regional drug data research center to enhance knowledge to more effectively address the overdose crisis.
Program goal(s) description: Support the expansion of an existing statewide drug data repository into a regional drug data research center that promotes the collection, analysis, research, and dissemination of overdose-related information to reduce fatal and nonfatal overdoses, promote public safety, and support prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, and serves as a model for other regions of the United States.
Program objective(s) name: Improve access to real-time, actionable drug data.
Project objective(s) description: Expand an existing statewide drug data repository into a regional data center to produce and disseminate web-based, real-time, actionable multisector drug data; Develop a transportable and/or replicable, open-source, regional drug data architecture; Facilitate electronic information sharing across multiple agencies across state lines; Encourage the sharing of additional information from law enforcement, prosecutions, jail stays, corrections (i.e., institution and community corrections), public health, treatment provision, and/or courts/pretrial services across states; Support collaboration among public health, behavioral health, criminal justice, and first responder agencies; Expand research to enhance knowledge to more effectively address the overdose crisis.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $3.5 million | 1 |
| 2023 | $3.6 million | 1 |
| 2024 | $0 | 0 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Illinois | $3.6 million |
| University of Alabama | Alabama | $3.5 million |