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.

January 2026 Selected Awards

  • Longitudinal Trajectories of Muscle and Cognitive Decline in Hispanic Aging Populations: The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Total Anticipated

    $10,000

    Principal Investigator

    Cristina Moraga Franco

    Sponsor

    American Federation for Aging Research, Inc.

  • Maneuvering biosinspired soft microbots in anistropic complex fluids

    Total Anticipated

    $450,000

    Principal Investigator

    Tong Gao

    Sponsor

    National Science Foundation

  • Mass JCOIN II

    Total Anticipated

    $53,884

    Principal Investigator

    Thomas Stopka

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Policy Strategies for Deep Decarbonization in India

    Total Anticipated

    $350,000

    Principal Investigator

    Easwaran Narassimhan

    Sponsor

    Stichting SED Fund

  • Project GAME ON!: Empowering low income and rural children to engage in healthy behaviors to reduce obesity risk through an interactive digital comic tool

    Total Anticipated

    $237,963

    Principal Investigator

    May May Leung

    Sponsor

    National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

  • Promoting Reconcilation, Well-being, and Sustained Peace through Character Virtue Development Programs: Lessons Learned from a Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

    Total Anticipated

    $851,436

    Principal Investigator

    Elizabeth Dowling

    Sponsor

    Templeton Religion Trust

  • Study Assessing the Challenges and Impact of Post-Marketing Requirements on Pediatric Clinical Research.

    Total Anticipated

    $91,000

    Principal Investigator

    Kenneth Getz

    Sponsor

    Eli Lilly & Company Foundation, Inc

  • Support for Children, Teens, and Young Adults in Families Experiencing Pet Loss

    Total Anticipated

    $6,033

    Principal Investigator

    Armelle deLaforcade

    Sponsor

    The Parmenter Foundation

  • Unconscious Bias in Veterinary Clinical Decision Making: A Pilot Study

    Total Anticipated

    $3,000

    Principal Investigator

    India Napier

    Sponsor

    Academy of Veterinary Eductators

  • Understanding the tumor microenviroment in keratinocyte-derived tumors

    Total Anticipated

    $5,000

    Principal Investigator

    Jillian Richmond

    Sponsor

    Dermatology Foundation