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.

September 2025 Selected Awards

  • A Labor of Love, Necessity, or Greed? The Role of Institutional Advantages in the Misallocation of Entrepreneurial Talent

    Total Anticipated

    $10,074

    Principal Investigator

    Jenny Aker

    Sponsor

    Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc [Do Not Share]

  • Advancing Free Energy Methods for Drug Design

    Total Anticipated

    $2,114,790

    Principal Investigator

    Xinqiang Ding

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Allosteric modulators of extrasynaptic O-GABAA receptors for the treatment of postpartum depression

    Total Anticipated

    $132,075

    Principal Investigator

    Jamie Maguire

    Sponsor

    Medical Research Council

  • Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of Anticipatory Actions in cross-border pastoral areas in the Greater Horn of Africa

    Total Anticipated

    $271,416

    Principal Investigator

    Elizabeth Stites

    Sponsor

    United Nations - World Food Program (HQ)

  • Bradley Graduate and Post-Graduate Fellowship - Linnington AY25-26

    Total Anticipated

    $25,000

    Principal Investigator

    Abigail Linnington

    Sponsor

    Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

  • Bradley Graduate and Post-Graduate Fellowship Shultz AY25-26

    Total Anticipated

    $25,000

    Principal Investigator

    Richard Shultz

    Sponsor

    Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

  • Charter School Research Collaborative Pilot Study: The Impacts of State Discipline Reform Legislation on Charter School Suspension, Achievement, and Criminal Justice Outcomes

    Total Anticipated

    $28,750

    Principal Investigator

    Elizabeth Setren

    Sponsor

    Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • Clientelism amidst constraints: Land, patronage, and the politics of tertiary urbanization in India

    Total Anticipated

    $14,978

    Principal Investigator

    Katrina Burgess

    Sponsor

    American Political Science Association

  • Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) - Madelaine Brower

    Total Anticipated

    $159,000

    Principal Investigator

    Robert Jacob

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) - Madeleine van Zuylen

    Total Anticipated

    $159,000

    Principal Investigator

    Soha Hassoun

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation