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.

February 2026 Selected Awards

  • Peptide YY triagonist weight loss drugs

    Total Anticipated

    $119,032

    Principal Investigator

    Krishna Kumar

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Promoting Beneficial Benthic Colonization of Novel Infrastructure

    Total Anticipated

    $64,000

    Principal Investigator

    Daniel Kuchma

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

  • Shigella regulation of GSDMD palmitoylation in epithelial cells

    Total Anticipated

    $453,750

    Principal Investigator

    Cammie Lesser

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Spatial multi-omics to predict granuloma trajectory and bacterial restriction during vaccination

    Total Anticipated

    $490,704

    Principal Investigator

    Amanda Martinot

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Tafenoquine for prophylaxis of tick-transmitted babesiosis

    Total Anticipated

    $49,894

    Principal Investigator

    Sam Telford III

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • The Industrially-Situated Redox Flow Battery Virtual Laboratory

    Total Anticipated

    $5,000

    Principal Investigator

    Milo Koretsky

    Sponsor

    Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering

  • Tufts University Engineering for Women's Health (ENG4WH) Symposium

    Total Anticipated

    $9,000

    Principal Investigator

    Juan Gnecco

    Sponsor

    Burroughs Wellcome Fund

  • Ultrasonic sensor to detect, analyze, and locate micro leaks in gas pressure vessels

    Total Anticipated

    $54,000

    Principal Investigator

    Robert White

    Sponsor

    Missile Defense Agency

  • Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources (VENUS)

    Total Anticipated

    $75,000

    Principal Investigator

    Danilo Marchesini

    Sponsor

    Space Telescope Science Institute

  • Weighting the odd: dynamics, assembly history and quenching of the oldest galaxy in the young Universe

    Total Anticipated

    $40,523

    Principal Investigator

    Danilo Marchesini

    Sponsor

    Space Telescope Science Institute