Sponsored Awards

Tufts University faculty routinely receive sponsored awards that facilitate their search for solutions to some of the greatest challenges that we face. Each month, we share information about some of these awards to show the extent—and prospective impact—of Tufts research.

July 2026 Selected Awards

  • 2026 Tufts Paws for People Operational Support

    Total Anticipated

    $15,000

    Principal Investigator

    Megan Mueller

    Sponsor

    Cummings Foundation Inc

  • ASPECT Development Subaward

    Total Anticipated

    $13,851

    Principal Investigator

    Dylan Vasey

    Sponsor

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  • Effect of pre-operative imaging on surgical findings and cost of care of spontaneous hemoabdomen in dogs

    Total Anticipated

    $13,500

    Principal Investigator

    Alexia Berg

    Sponsor

    Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society

  • Exploring host:microbiome interaction phenomena through integrated in vitro human gastrointestinal co-culture models

    Total Anticipated

    $118,500

    Principal Investigator

    David Kaplan

    Sponsor

    U.S. Army Research Laboratory

  • Individual Differences in Stress Reactivity and Alcohol Self-Administration: A BNST-LH Circuit Mechanism of Stress-Induced Alcohol Escalation

    Total Anticipated

    $5,000

    Principal Investigator

    Sydney Bonauto

    Sponsor

    Research Society on Alcohol

  • Leveraging Reconsolidation-Updating to Change the Feelings of Memories

    Total Anticipated

    $113,913

    Principal Investigator

    Xandra Kredlow

    Sponsor

    Harvard University

  • Multi Purposed Characterization and Assessment of Higher-order Visual Dysfunction in Cerebral Visual Impairment

    Total Anticipated

    $360,530

    Principal Investigator

    Stephanie Badde

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

  • Multi-Omic Profiles of Dietary Fiber in Relation to Frailty and Cognitive Function in Older Adults

    Total Anticipated

    $630,945

    Principal Investigator

    Andres Ardisson Korat

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Resource allocation through systematic codon usage bias to develop robust engineered HEK293 cells

    Total Anticipated

    $650,000

    Principal Investigator

    Emmanuel (Manolis) Tzanakakis

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Sponsor Reliability Study - AMRC - 2026

    Total Anticipated

    $46,500

    Principal Investigator

    Kenneth Getz

    Sponsor

    Association of Multisite Research Corporations