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.

February 2026 Selected Awards

  • 2026 BMHRJ Conference: Wagner Foundation Sponsorship

    Total Anticipated

    $10,000

    Principal Investigator

    Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    Sponsor

    Wagner Foundation

  • Accelerating discovery of narrow-spectrum antibiotics for Lyme disease

    Total Anticipated

    $5,097,640

    Principal Investigator

    Bree Aldridge

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Art, Science and Traditional Knowledge: building Art Historical Methods of Community Engagement with Traditional Communities in Latin America

    Total Anticipated

    $330,000

    Principal Investigator

    Claudia Mattos Avolese

    Sponsor

    J. Paul Getty Trust

  • Assist MDAR in its efforts to advance farmland protection, enhance farm viability, and address the challenge of access to farmland

    Total Anticipated

    $470,342

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Hashley

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

  • CARMESilk

    Total Anticipated

    $12,397

    Principal Investigator

    David Kaplan

    Sponsor

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  • CBSET Pig Project

    Total Anticipated

    $13,207

    Principal Investigator

    Celina Morimoto

    Sponsor

    CBSET, Inc.

  • Characterization and treatment of an accelerated aging model of the olfactory epithelium

    Total Anticipated

    $3,830,631

    Principal Investigator

    Brian Lin

    Sponsor

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

  • Decoding host-pathogen crosstalk that drives intracellular niche formation during Salmonella infection

    Total Anticipated

    $68,750

    Principal Investigator

    Cammie Lesser

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Development of a first in class treatment for psychiatric illnesses

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Jamie Maguire

    Sponsor

    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

  • Discovery of Neutralizing Camelid Heavy Chain Antibodies as potential therapeutic agents against Streptococcus equi equi infection

    Total Anticipated

    $145,000

    Principal Investigator

    Daniela Bedenice

    Sponsor

    Morris Animal Foundation