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 2025 Selected Awards

  • Precision Nanoparticles for delivery of Ghrelin mRNA to control osteoarthritis inflammation

    Total Anticipated

    $150,000

    Principal Investigator

    Li Zeng

    Sponsor

    Ellison Foundation

  • Scaling Up the Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Techniques in Niger

    Total Anticipated

    $298,950

    Principal Investigator

    Jenny Aker

    Sponsor

    Follow Your Dream Foundation Inc.

  • Science and Society Sparks

    Total Anticipated

    $7,500

    Principal Investigator

    Aseema Mohanty

    Sponsor

    Kavli Foundation

  • Support the development of the EconoFact platform

    Total Anticipated

    $40,000

    Principal Investigator

    Michael Klein

    Sponsor

    Annie E Casey Foundation, Inc

  • Sustainable, Just, and Resilient Growth: Fostering Leaders and Big Ideas

    Total Anticipated

    $500,000

    Principal Investigator

    Kelly Sims Gallagher

    Sponsor

    Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc

  • The impact of aging on neutrophil-mediated protection and inflammation in the female genital mucosa

    Total Anticipated

    $96,124

    Principal Investigator

    Albert Tai

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • The Jackson Laboratory Senescence Tissue Mapping Center (JAX-Sen TMC)

    Total Anticipated

    $91,149

    Principal Investigator

    Christopher Wiley

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Thriving in Fogarate: Engineering Ingenuity in Haitian-Dominican Communities in the Dominican Republic

    Total Anticipated

    $70,000

    Principal Investigator

    Greses Pérez

    Sponsor

    Spencer Foundation

  • Tufts University Prison Initiative - Education and Reentry Network

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Hilary Binda

    Sponsor

    Hudson Link

  • Understanding how ER proteostasis impacts the development of glaucoma

    Total Anticipated

    $75,000

    Principal Investigator

    Malavika Raman

    Sponsor

    The Glaucoma Foundation