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 2025 Selected Awards

  • Pathogenicity of ethanol tolerant strains of Candida albicans in the oral cavity

    Total Anticipated

    $463,530

    Principal Investigator

    Carol Kumamoto

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • RegendoGEL for guided dental pulp and dentin regeneration

    Total Anticipated

    $193,941

    Principal Investigator

    Pamela Yelick

    Sponsor

    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

  • Self-Assembling Biohybrid Robots Using Metamorphic Insect Cells and Electrically Conducting Biopolymers

    Total Anticipated

    $295,144

    Principal Investigator

    Barry Trimmer

    Sponsor

    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

  • SuccessLink Summer 2025

    Total Anticipated

    $35,122

    Principal Investigator

    Tania Mireles

    Sponsor

    City of Boston, MA

  • Understanding heterogeneity of necroptotic cell death and mechanism(s) of necroptosis escape

    Total Anticipated

    $450,764

    Principal Investigator

    Alexei Degterev

    Sponsor

    NIH - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  • Understanding regulation of calcium-mediated effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Shumin Tan

    Sponsor

    Potts Memorial Foundation

  • Unlocking Capacity- Space, Community, Audience Development, & Fundraising at SMFA

    Total Anticipated

    $365,000

    Principal Investigator

    Scheri Fultineer

    Sponsor

    Fidelity Foundation *DO NOT SHARE*

  • Unlocking Institutional Markets: Growing Farmer Capacity, Compliance, and K 12 Partnerships at New Entry Food Hub

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Hashley

    Sponsor

    Henry P Kendall Foundation

  • USING ECLIPSING BINARIES TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE M DWARF MASS-RADIUS-METALLICITY-TEMPERATURE RELATION

    Total Anticipated

    $69,942

    Principal Investigator

    David Martin

    Sponsor

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • VentureWell E-Team Pioneer

    Total Anticipated

    $5,000

    Principal Investigator

    Kevin Oye

    Sponsor

    VentureWell