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.

August 2026 Selected Awards

  • AF: Small: The computational complexity of low-depth quantum circuits

    Total Anticipated

    $599,964

    Principal Investigator

    Saeed Mehraban

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Awe on the Margins: Centering Awe Literacy as a Tool to Counter Environmental and Cumulative Environmental Stressors for BIPOC Youth

    Total Anticipated

    $260,000

    Principal Investigator

    Demond Hill

    Sponsor

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Behavioral Neurobiology of Stress, Alcohol Responsivity, and Alcohol Drinking

    Total Anticipated

    $3,433,870

    Principal Investigator

    Marcus Weera

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Bradley Graduate and Post-Graduate Fellowship

    Total Anticipated

    $25,000

    Principal Investigator

    David Logan

    Sponsor

    Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

  • Bradley Graduate and Post-Graduate Fellowship - Linnington AY26-27

    Total Anticipated

    $25,000

    Principal Investigator

    Abigail Linnington

    Sponsor

    Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

  • CAREER: Exploring Fundamental Physics in the Early and Late Universe

    Total Anticipated

    $150,000

    Principal Investigator

    Mark Hertzberg

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • CBSET Pig MRI project

    Total Anticipated

    $21,408

    Principal Investigator

    Cheryl London

    Sponsor

    CBSET, Inc.

  • Characterizing Region-Specific Gastrointestinal and Oral Microbiomes in Sjogrens Disease Using Novel Ingestible Mini-Pill Sampling Technology

    Total Anticipated

    $199,997

    Principal Investigator

    Athena Papas

    Sponsor

    Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Inc.

  • Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment Combined with Mobile Eye Tracking to Inform Diagnosis in Cerebral Visual Impairment

    Total Anticipated

    $38,780

    Principal Investigator

    Stephanie Badde

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

  • Collaborative Research: SaTC 2.0: RES: Secure and Efficient CRYSTALS-Kyber Architecture to Resist Against Side-channel and Fault Attacks on Post-Quantum Cryptography

    Total Anticipated

    $300,000

    Principal Investigator

    Yingjie Lao

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation