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 2026 Selected Awards

  • Enteroendocrine cell reprogramming in metabolic disease

    Total Anticipated

    $2,800,142

    Principal Investigator

    Jennifer Lee

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Evaluation of the TLR agonist Z-007 in dogs with cancer

    Total Anticipated

    $94,559

    Principal Investigator

    Cheryl London

    Sponsor

    Canine Cancer Alliance

  • Examination of Omnidirectional Trust and Distrust in Heterogeneous Human-Agent Teams

    Total Anticipated

    $503,806

    Principal Investigator

    Matthias Scheutz

    Sponsor

    Florida Institute of Technology, Inc.

  • Exploration of Reactive B-Fucose Derivatives for Deoxy Sugar Glycosylation

    Total Anticipated

    $6,000

    Principal Investigator

    Clay Bennett

    Sponsor

    American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry (ORGAN)

  • GusNIP

    Total Anticipated

    $231,000

    Principal Investigator

    Dariush Mozaffarian

    Sponsor

    Center for Nutrition and Health Impact

  • Investigating the Role of Inflammation Resolution Mechanisms in Endometriotic Disease

    Total Anticipated

    $1,796,800

    Principal Investigator

    Juan Gnecco

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • MA High School interns at Tufts

    Total Anticipated

    $42,840

    Principal Investigator

    Shelly Peyton

    Sponsor

    Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

  • Mechanistic understanding of the gut-retina axis

    Total Anticipated

    $2,579,815

    Principal Investigator

    Sheldon Rowan

    Sponsor

    National Institutes of Health

  • Microvitality National NSF I-Corps

    Total Anticipated

    $50,000

    Principal Investigator

    Sameer Sonkusale

    Sponsor

    VentureWell

  • National Inclusive Curriculum for Health Education Medical (NICHE-MED)

    Total Anticipated

    $15,000

    Principal Investigator

    Sarah Rosenberg-Scott

    Sponsor

    The American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry