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.

January 2026 Selected Awards

  • AccelNet-Implementation: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator (COBRA)

    Total Anticipated

    $30,494

    Principal Investigator

    Randi Rotjan

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Associations between dietary patterns and physical and cognitive function in older adulthood: a life course approach

    Total Anticipated

    $69,031

    Principal Investigator

    Andres Ardisson Korat

    Sponsor

    Danone Institute North America

  • EconoFact

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Michael Klein

    Sponsor

    Alfred P Sloan Foundation

  • Evaluating cell type-specific synaptic proteins as novel interventions for psychiatric disease

    Total Anticipated

    $150,000

    Principal Investigator

    Alexei Bygrave

    Sponsor

    Ellison Foundation

  • EXCLAIM - EXCLusives via Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning

    Total Anticipated

    $91,372

    Principal Investigator

    Gary Goldstein

    Sponsor

    U.S. Department of Energy

  • Exploring the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Nature Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pilot Study

    Total Anticipated

    $1,000

    Principal Investigator

    Nancy Baker

    Sponsor

    Rheumatology Research Foundation

  • Family Preservation Project Evaluation Proposal

    Total Anticipated

    $269,617

    Principal Investigator

    Rebecca Fauth

    Sponsor

    Commitee for Public Counsel Services

  • Foundations of dynamic certification for autonomy

    Total Anticipated

    $1,150,000

    Principal Investigator

    Matthias Scheutz

    Sponsor

    U.S. Office of Naval Research

  • Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (HUB) Coordinating Center

    Total Anticipated

    $134,423

    Principal Investigator

    Shelly Peyton

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Identifying the Effects of and Responses to Immigration in Massachusetts

    Total Anticipated

    $75,000

    Principal Investigator

    Elizabeth Setren

    Sponsor

    Russell Sage Foundation