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 2025 Selected Awards

  • AAOS IDEA Grant - Visiting Scholars Fund for the Promotion of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery

    Total Anticipated

    $4,000

    Principal Investigator

    Paula Gagnon

    Sponsor

    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  • ACWD-CERP: Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Program

    Total Anticipated

    $11,750

    Principal Investigator

    Hilary Binda

    Sponsor

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  • All-optical nanophotonic neural interface

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Aseema Mohanty

    Sponsor

    Kavli Foundation

  • Anticipatory Action for Health in a Changing Climate

    Total Anticipated

    $355,000

    Principal Investigator

    Erin Coughlan

    Sponsor

    Rockefeller Foundation

  • Assessing the Impact of the HEAL Program on Health Literacy and Physician Assistant Awareness Among ESL Learners in Merrimack Valley

    Total Anticipated

    $2,400

    Principal Investigator

    Beth Buyea

    Sponsor

    nccPA Health Foundation

  • At the site of the bite: Immune Response to tick-transmitted Rickettsiae

    Total Anticipated

    $4,118,589

    Principal Investigator

    Andrea Varela-Stokes

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Banfield Foundation Kindness Fund in 2025

    Total Anticipated

    $40,000

    Principal Investigator

    Gregory Wolfus

    Sponsor

    Banfield Foundation

  • Barriers and motivators associated with access to care and participation in genetic research studies for Parkinson's Disease among Asian Americans

    Total Anticipated

    $10,000

    Principal Investigator

    Alice Tang

    Sponsor

    Michael J. Fox Foundation

  • CAREER: 3D Printable Soft Fluidic Robots with Electronics Interfaces

    Total Anticipated

    $532,933

    Principal Investigator

    Markus Nemitz

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Conflict Resilience Across Scales: Theory and data to evaluate societal resilience to water and climate shocks

    Total Anticipated

    $474,860

    Principal Investigator

    Melissa McCracken

    Sponsor

    U.S. Department of Defense