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.

May 2026 Selected Awards

  • Long-term multi-omics follow-up of the CALERIE Trial to generate new knowledge for geroscience

    Total Anticipated

    $217,170

    Principal Investigator

    Sai Krupa Das

    Sponsor

    Columbia University

  • Obesity related Methylation markers for obesity-related cancers

    Total Anticipated

    $96,322

    Principal Investigator

    Dominique Michaud

    Sponsor

    University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.

  • Optimizing interventions to improve nutrition security and reduce diabetes risk among food pantry clients

    Total Anticipated

    $3,923,196

    Principal Investigator

    Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen

    Sponsor

    NIH - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  • Point of Care Detection of HPV and p16 in Saliva

    Total Anticipated

    $149,138

    Principal Investigator

    Daniel Oreadi

    Sponsor

    InnoTech Precision Medicine

  • Regulation of DNA damage tolerance in Drosophila

    Total Anticipated

    $1,958,745

    Principal Investigator

    Mitch McVey

    Sponsor

    NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  • Sleeping Beauties: On the Search for Dormant Galaxies in the First Gyr

    Total Anticipated

    $156,421

    Principal Investigator

    Danilo Marchesini

    Sponsor

    Space Telescope Science Institute

  • The Impact of Instructor Facilitation, Class Design, and Power on In-the-moment Chemistry Learning

    Total Anticipated

    $100,000

    Principal Investigator

    Ira Caspari-Gnann

    Sponsor

    Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

  • The Visible Costs of Invisible Household Labor

    Total Anticipated

    $73,896

    Principal Investigator

    Laura Gee

    Sponsor

    Russell Sage Foundation

  • Title: Defining Feline Hepatic Lipidosis Histopathology to Identify Targeted Therapies

    Total Anticipated

    $9,000

    Principal Investigator

    Emily Brinker

    Sponsor

    Comparative Gastroenterology Society