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.

May 2025 Selected Awards

  • A Comparative Evaluation of Overdose Prevention Programs in New York City and Rhode Island

    Total Anticipated

    $30,428

    Principal Investigator

    Alexandra Collins

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • A NEXT GENERATION CIRCUMBINARY PLANET SEARCH WITH TESS

    Total Anticipated

    $69,795

    Principal Investigator

    David Martin

    Sponsor

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • A pilot intervention to improve the dietary quality of congregate meals for older adults

    Total Anticipated

    $55,000

    Principal Investigator

    Andres Ardisson Korat

    Sponsor

    Danone Institute North America

  • Amygdala Circuit Mechanisms for Stress-escalated Aggression

    Total Anticipated

    $746,754

    Principal Investigator

    Emily Newman

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Association of vitamin K status and cartilage mineralization in older adults

    Total Anticipated

    $62,304

    Principal Investigator

    Kyla Shea

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Autonomous Living Skin Sensomes

    Total Anticipated

    $1,199,985

    Principal Investigator

    David Kaplan

    Sponsor

    U.S. Army Research Office

  • Collaborative Research: How fast do tidewater glaciers melt? Quantifying the processes that control boundary layer transport across the ice-ocean interfact

    Total Anticipated

    $414,312

    Principal Investigator

    Rebecca Jackson

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Digital Twin: A New Era of Threat Detection Through Plants For The EX VIRENTIA (EXVI) Program

    Total Anticipated

    $450,000

    Principal Investigator

    Sameer Sonkusale

    Sponsor

    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

  • Enhanced Digital Fabrication Capability

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Gary Leisk

    Sponsor

    Richard H. Lufkin Memorial Fund: C/O Bank of America, N.A.

  • Expanding local food production and food security through year-round growing and distribution using climate-smart agriculture practices

    Total Anticipated

    $39,783

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Hashley

    Sponsor

    U.S. Department of Agriculture