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.

December 2023 Selected Awards

  • On the Way to School (OWS)

    Total Anticipated

    $107,152

    Principal Investigator

    Benjamin Chrisinger

    Sponsor

    University College London

  • OTP Desert Engagement

    Total Anticipated

    $138,384

    Principal Investigator

    Thomas Stopka

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Department of Public Health

  • Randomized clinical trial for low glycemic index Mediterranean glucose lowering for vision extension (LG-M-GLOVE)

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Allen Taylor

    Sponsor

    American Macular Degeneration Foundation

  • Redefining Limits for Biomaterial Innovation - Building Better Biopolymer Implants

    Total Anticipated

    $32,500

    Principal Investigator

    David Kaplan

    Sponsor

    MassVentures

  • Relevant gene-diet interactions in AMD: use of a mouse model to study the combined effects of age, high glycemic diet and PGC1a insufficiency

    Total Anticipated

    $52,358

    Principal Investigator

    Sheldon Rowan

    Sponsor

    BrightFocus Foundation

  • Reprogramming human effector T cells into regulatory T cells to treat autoimmune diseases

    Total Anticipated

    $75,000

    Principal Investigator

    Xudong Li

    Sponsor

    Ellison Foundation

  • Support a robust pipeline of leaders in the civic engagement

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg

    Sponsor

    The Allstate Foundation

  • Technical Assistance and Business Support Services to Eastern Massachusetts Beginning, Immigrant, and Minority Farmers

    Total Anticipated

    $66,463

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Hashley

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp

  • The Future of Community Medicine: The Gene Shapiro Scholars Program (Year 3) & The Feline Patient Care Fund

    Total Anticipated

    $76,185

    Principal Investigator

    Emily McCobb

    Sponsor

    GS Humane Corp

  • The Human Touch: Developing a More Resilient Educational Paradigm in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Rapid Change

    Total Anticipated

    $23,700

    Principal Investigator

    Anne Soisson

    Sponsor

    Davis Educational Foundation