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.

June 2026 Selected Awards

  • 2026 Tufts Paws for People Operational Support

    Total Anticipated

    $15,000

    Principal Investigator

    Megan Mueller

    Sponsor

    Cummings Foundation Inc

  • A bias-free approach to reveal the role(s) of beef consumption in a healthy diet to augment disease resistance and resilience and to maintain or improve a healthy physiology in aging

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Bruce Kristal

    Sponsor

    National Cattlemen's Beef Association

  • Al-driven discovery of mechanisms vulnerable to directed energy

    Total Anticipated

    $999,999

    Principal Investigator

    Wesley Clawson

    Sponsor

    University of Vermont & State Agricultural College

  • CAREER: TenAI: Tensorizing Machine Learning to Leverage Multiway Structure

    Total Anticipated

    $500,000

    Principal Investigator

    Elizabeth Newman

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Catalyzing Family-Based Weight Wellness Treatment through Food is Medicine and Group Medical Visits in Pediatric and Adult Primary Care

    Total Anticipated

    $125,000

    Principal Investigator

    Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen

    Sponsor

    Ardmore Institute of Health

  • Characterizing the Mechanism of Viral Entry Initiation in HSV

    Total Anticipated

    $46,302

    Principal Investigator

    Hunter Russell

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • CIRCLE IVR General Support

    Total Anticipated

    $150,000

    Principal Investigator

    Sara Suzuki

    Sponsor

    Focus for Democracy Fund

  • Collective Futures Fund

    Total Anticipated

    $30,000

    Principal Investigator

    Laurel McLaughlin

    Sponsor

    Wagner Foundation

  • Compliance for Capacity: Strengthening Food Hub and Farmer Food Safety Practices for Long-Term Market

    Access

    Total Anticipated

    $175,000

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Hashley

    Sponsor

    Henry P Kendall Foundation

  • Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

    Total Anticipated

    $36,886

    Principal Investigator

    Heidi Goethert

    Sponsor

    CRDF Global