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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Funding
$52.3M
$52,254,633
Awards
98
FY2026 NIH awards in Pediatrics
Principal investigators
121
95 lead a grant here, 26 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
of 108 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Pediatrics row of the Baylor College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

95 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Sharon E. Plon

    Leads 1 award · $5,449,998

  2. Cristian Coarfa

    Leads 2 awards · $5,399,129

  3. Maria Monica Gramatges

    Leads 3 awards · $4,255,304

  4. Bhagavatula Moorthy

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  5. Lance Michael Hallberg

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  6. Melissa Suter

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  7. Nagireddy Putluri

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  8. Nancy J Halas

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  9. Pedro J Alvarez

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  10. Sascha Usenko

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  11. Theodore G Wensel

    Leads 1 award · $3,026,835

  12. Austin L Brown

    Leads 2 awards · $2,981,503

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA261879-05, led by Kimberly Pauline Raghubar.

  13. Ashley M Butler

    Leads 2 awards · $2,693,258

  14. Katherine Yudeh King

    Leads 3 awards · $2,465,174

    • 5T32GM136611-07Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Katherine Yudeh King (contact PI), James P Orengo

      $1,560,948
      award amount
    • 5R35HL155672-06Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Infection and Inflammation on Primitive Hematopoiesis
      $844,191
      award amount
    • 3T32GM136611-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program

      Principal investigators: Katherine Yudeh King (contact PI), Benjamin J Frankfort

      $60,035
      award amount

  15. Karen R Rabin

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,294

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA263000-05, led by Maria Monica Gramatges.

  16. Stacey Pereira

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,294

  17. Terzah M Horton

    Leads 1 award · $2,372,294

  18. Jennette P Moreno

    Leads 2 awards · $1,832,783

    • 5P01HD109876-05Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging passive objective assessment methods of preschooler's media use to examine multiple paths of influence on sleep, executive function and weight status

      Principal investigators: Alexis Caroline Wood (contact PI), Deborah I Thompson (contact PI), Jennette P Moreno (contact PI), Salma Musaad (contact PI), Teresia Margareta O'Connor (contact PI)

      $1,241,458
      award amount
    • 5R01HD112349-04Department: NIH department code
      Experimental effects of light and content from evening screen media use on children's sleep, executive functioning, and emotion regulation

      Principal investigators: Jennette P Moreno (contact PI), Candice A Alfano

      $591,325
      award amount

  19. Jeremy Schraw

    Leads 2 awards · $1,811,685

    • 4R01MD018577-04Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Ethnic Anotia-microtia Disparities for Discovery (LEADD) Study
      $1,371,180
      award amount
    • 1R21CA317474-01Department: NIH department code
      RHeCALL: Radiation and Heat in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

      Principal investigators: Jeremy Schraw (contact PI), Amy E Hughes, Rutu Rathod

      $440,505
      award amount

  20. Eveline Barbieri

    Leads 3 awards · $1,617,065

    • 4R01CA283369-03Department: NIH department code
      Rewired Metabolism and Immunosuppression in MYCN-driven Neuroblastoma
      $1,268,981
      award amount
    • 5R21CA300631-02Department: NIH department code
      MYCN drives a suppressive tumor immune microenvironment in neuroblastoma.
      $187,584
      award amount
    • 1R03NS140939-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A NOVEL GEMM TO ELUCIDATE THE ROLE OF CHAF1A IN NEUROBLASTOMA DEVELOPMENT
      $160,500
      award amount

  21. Andrew R Dinardo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,310,558

    • 5R01AI170774-04Department: NIH department code
      Post-TB epigenetic scars' impact on long-term inflammation, immunity and mortality
      $702,628
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078268-04Department: NIH department code
      Common Post-Infectious Premature Epigenetic Aging
      $607,930
      award amount

  22. Alexis Caroline Wood

    Leads 1 award · $1,241,458

  23. Deborah I Thompson

    Leads 1 award · $1,241,458

  24. Salma Musaad

    Leads 1 award · $1,241,458

  25. Teresia Margareta O'Connor

    Leads 1 award · $1,241,458

  26. Saeed Ahmed

    Leads 2 awards · $1,116,552

    • 5UG1MD019436-04Department: NIH department code
      VS4A: VITAL Start (Video-Intervention to Inspire Treatment Adherence for Life) for Adolescents, a video intervention to improve retention and adherence to ART among adolescents living with HIV
      $749,153
      award amount
    • 3UG1MD019436-04S1Department: NIH department code
      VS4A: VITAL Start (Video-Intervention to Inspire Treatment Adherence for Life) for Adolescents, a video intervention to improve retention and adherence to ART among adolescents living with HIV
      $367,399
      award amount

  27. Geoffrey A Preidis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,020,917

    • 5R01DK133301-05Department: NIH department code
      The metabolic basis for impaired bile acid synthesis in malnutrition
      $418,847
      award amount
    • 3U01DK112194-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Clinical Science in Pediatric Gastroparesis

      Principal investigators: Geoffrey A Preidis (contact PI), Bruno Pedro Chumpitazi

      $344,404
      award amount
    • 5U01DK112194-10Department: NIH department code
      Advancing Clinical Science in Pediatric Gastroparesis

      Principal investigators: Geoffrey A Preidis (contact PI), Bruno Pedro Chumpitazi

      $257,666
      award amount

  28. Job E Lopez

    Leads 2 awards · $997,712

    • 1R01AI197410-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the molecular mechanisms driving transovarial transmission of Acari-borne pathogens using the Borrelia turicatae-Ornithodoros turicata model.
      $797,087
      award amount
    • 1R21AI191624-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling vector ecology and genomic drivers of vertical transmission: Defining relapsing fever Borrelia persistence in populations of the under-studied argasid tick, Ornithodoros turicata
      $200,625
      award amount

  29. Hyun Kyoung Lee

    Leads 2 awards · $942,403

    • 5R01NS110859-08Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the mechanisms of glia development and white matter injury
      $491,135
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126287-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Mechanisms of Astrocyte-BBB Interaction in Normal and Ischemic Stroke
      $451,268
      award amount

  30. Marisa Ellen Hilliard

    Leads 2 awards · $931,970

    • 5R01DK131350-04Department: NIH department code
      Strengths-Based Multi-Level Behavioral Intervention to Promote Resilience and Self-Management in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
      $835,354
      award amount
    • 5K26DK138332-04Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral Research Mentorship in Diabetes for Early Career Scientists
      $96,616
      award amount

  31. Kimberly Pauline Raghubar

    Leads 2 awards · $931,334

    • 5R01CA261879-05Department: NIH department code
      An Integrative Approach to Evaluate Neurocognitive Disparities in Latinos Undergoing Treatment for Childhood Leukemia.

      Principal investigators: Kimberly Pauline Raghubar (contact PI), Austin L Brown

      $610,237
      award amount
    • 1R34CA301070-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Resolving Sleep Troubles in Childhood Leukemia (REST)

      Principal investigators: Kimberly Pauline Raghubar (contact PI), Candice A Alfano

      $321,097
      award amount

  32. Yi Zhu

    Leads 2 awards · $886,259

    • 5R01DK136619-04Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing metabolic action of FGF21 through adipocyte Connexin43 gap junction channels
      $452,443
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136532-04Department: NIH department code
      Postprandial activation of hyaluronan-MARCO axis contributes to systemic chronic inflammation
      $433,816
      award amount

  33. Huda Y Zoghbi

    Leads 2 awards · $802,500

    • 2R37NS057819-21Department: NIH department code
      MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS STUDIES OF RETT SYNDROME
      $401,250
      award amount
    • 5R01NS027699-38Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Studies of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1
      $401,250
      award amount

  34. Fida Bacha

    Leads 2 awards · $801,230

    • 5U01DK134982-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Targeting the Pathophysiology of Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes-Texas Children's Center.
      $703,094
      award amount
    • 3U01DK134982-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and Targeting the Pathophysiology of Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes-Texas Children's Center.
      $98,136
      award amount

  35. Margaret A. Goodell

    Leads 1 award · $776,000

    • 5R01CA183252-12Department: NIH department code
      DNMT3A in Development of Hematologic Malignancies
      $776,000
      award amount

  36. Christina Yumi Miyake

    Leads 1 award · $758,872

    • 5R01HL166388-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Cardiac Arrhythmias in TANGO2 Disorder
      $758,872
      award amount

  37. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic

    Leads 1 award · $737,987

    • 5R01AG076942-05Department: NIH department code
      Using MR Spectroscopy to Measure Mammalian Neurogenesis in Vivo

      Principal investigators: Mirjana Maletic-Savatic (contact PI), Craig E Stark

      $737,987
      award amount

  38. Amy Boriskie Hair

    Leads 1 award · $709,040

    • 5R01DK135602-04Department: NIH department code
      Liver-Gut-Microbiome Axis and Fatty acid absorption in Preterm Infants
      $709,040
      award amount

  39. Kathryn Marie Jones

    Leads 1 award · $704,944

    • 5R01AI168038-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of myocarditis and progressive cardiac fibrosis in chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
      $704,944
      award amount

  40. Binoy Shivanna

    Leads 1 award · $699,684

    • 5R01HL181470-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory T Cells And Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
      $699,684
      award amount

  41. Lisa Bouchier-Hayes

    Leads 1 award · $689,292

  42. Fong Wilson Lam

    Leads 1 award · $678,241

    • 5R01HL178979-02Department: NIH department code
      Purifying platelets with high-throughput microfluidics for pediatric and neonatal transfusions

      Principal investigators: Fong Wilson Lam (contact PI), Sergey S Shevkoplyas

      $678,241
      award amount

  43. Mohan Pammi

    Leads 1 award · $641,771

    • 5R01HD112886-04Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning and Multiomics for Predictive Models and Biomarker Discovery in Preterm Infants.
      $641,771
      award amount

  44. Carl E Allen

    Leads 1 award · $640,670

    • 5K12CA090433-25Department: NIH department code
      PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM

      Principal investigators: Carl E Allen (contact PI), Donald W. Parsons

      $640,670
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R03CA304855-01A1, led by Erin Christine Peckham-Gregory.

  45. Meenakshi G Hegde

    Leads 1 award · $627,253

    • 5R01CA276684-04Department: NIH department code
      Modulating the PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint to promote antitumor activity of HER2 CAR T cells in patients with sarcoma
      $627,253
      award amount

  46. Benjamin R Arenkiel

    Leads 1 award · $621,241

    • 5R01DK138518-03Department: NIH department code
      A CHOLINERGIC NEUROCIRCUIT REGULATES FEEDING BEHAVIOR

      Principal investigators: Benjamin R Arenkiel (contact PI), Yong Xu

      $621,241
      award amount

  47. Jayna Markand Dave

    Leads 1 award · $602,716

    • 4R01DK141577-02Department: NIH department code
      Comparative feasibility and effectiveness of medically tailored meals approaches for pediatric end stage kidney disease

      Principal investigators: Jayna Markand Dave (contact PI), Elizabeth Anyaegbu Onugha

      $602,716
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21NR022138-01A1, led by Elizabeth Anyaegbu Onugha.

  48. Hsiao-Tuan Chao

    Leads 1 award · $599,164

    • 5R01NS134596-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Cerebellar Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental disorders
      $599,164
      award amount

  49. Nancy E Moran

    Leads 1 award · $585,892

    • 5R01HD111555-04Department: NIH department code
      Validation of biomarkers of infant and toddler carotenoid intake
      $585,892
      award amount

  50. Alexander William Kay

    Leads 1 award · $560,000

    • 5DP1HD115427-03Department: NIH department code
      Wastewater surveillance to enhance the public health response to HIV and TB in Eswatini
      $560,000
      award amount

  51. Yang He

    Leads 1 award · $543,320

    • 5R01DK140538-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting olfactory neural pathways to combat obesity
      $543,320
      award amount

  52. Helen E Heslop

    Leads 1 award · $528,631

  53. Stephanie Renee Sisley

    Leads 1 award · $501,148

    • 5R01DK128117-05Department: NIH department code
      Brain VDR Regulate Glucose Balance
      $501,148
      award amount

  54. Sarah Murphy Gunter

    Leads 1 award · $461,187

    • 1R21AI196981-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Molecular Epidemiology of Leishmaniasis in Texas Through a One Health Approach.

      Principal investigators: Sarah Murphy Gunter (contact PI), Dawn Marie Wetzel

      $461,187
      award amount

  55. Chunmei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $447,619

    • 5R01DK136627-04Department: NIH department code
      ESTROGEN-INDUCIBLE PNNS ENHANCE EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC STRENGTH ONTO GABA NEURONS IN THE MEPD TO PREVENT OBESITY AND METABOLIC DYSREGULATION
      $447,619
      award amount

  56. Elizabeth Anyaegbu Onugha

    Leads 1 award · $420,576

    • 1R21NR022138-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Empowering Families: Culinary Medicine for Managing Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth Anyaegbu Onugha (contact PI), Jayna Markand Dave

      $420,576
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4R01DK141577-02, led by Jayna Markand Dave.

  57. Robin P. Kochel

    Leads 1 award · $406,445

    • 1R01MH142548-01Department: NIH department code
      Pediatricians Empowering Parents (PEP) Talk: Creating A Ripple Effect in Primary Care to Facilitate Access to Early Intervention and School-Based Services for Children with Autism

      Principal investigators: Robin P. Kochel (contact PI), Sarah Stanford Mire

      $406,445
      award amount

  58. Leonid S Metelitsa

    Leads 1 award · $402,600

    • 2R01CA262250-06Department: NIH department code
      CAR NKT Cell Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma
      $402,600
      award amount

  59. Douglas G Burrin

    Leads 1 award · $388,201

    • 2T32DK007664-36Department: NIH department code
      Research Training in Pediatric Gastroenterology
      $388,201
      award amount

  60. Lanlan Shen

    Leads 1 award · $386,171

    • 5R01CA233472-07Department: NIH department code
      Defining the Function of Age-Related Epimutation in Intestinal Tumorigenesis
      $386,171
      award amount

  61. Jianrong Tang

    Leads 1 award · $373,562

    • 5R01NS100738-09Department: NIH department code
      Studying the effects and mechanisms of deep brain stimulation in Rett syndrome mice
      $373,562
      award amount

  62. Alison A Bertuch

    Leads 1 award · $368,742

  63. Chester Koh

    Leads 1 award · $368,742

  64. Rayne Helen Rouce

    Leads 1 award · $368,742

  65. Katri Vanamo Typpo

    Leads 1 award · $361,644

    • 5R01HD104618-05Department: NIH department code
      Microbiome and Nutrition in Severe PARDS
      $361,644
      award amount

  66. Benjamin L Shneider

    Leads 1 award · $333,662

    • 5U01DK103149-13Department: NIH department code
      BCM/TCH Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium
      $333,662
      award amount

  67. Erin Christine Peckham-Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $321,000

    • 1R03CA304855-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Germline and Somatic Genetic Variants in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Erin Christine Peckham-Gregory (contact PI), Carl E Allen

      $321,000
      award amount

  68. Maria Jose Redondo

    Leads 1 award · $286,000

    • 2R56DK121843-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Using genetics in the selection of candidates for therapies to prevent type 1 diabetes and its progression.

      Principal investigators: Maria Jose Redondo (contact PI), Todd Michael Brusko

      $286,000
      award amount

  69. Alexandra Stevens

    Leads 1 award · $262,053

    • 5K08CA273532-04Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting the Metabolic Dependencies of Pediatric AML
      $262,053
      award amount

  70. Venee N Tubman

    Leads 1 award · $240,707

    • 1R03HL183274-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Marginal Zone Depletion in Sickle Cell Spleen Tissue
      $240,707
      award amount

  71. Eva H Clark

    Leads 2 awards · $223,180

    • 5K23AI168583-05Department: NIH department code
      Impact of intestinal helminth infection on HPV co-infection and the cervico-vaginal environment.
      $142,930
      award amount
    • 5R03AI185421-02Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing Strongyloides Testing in an At-Risk US Population
      $80,250
      award amount

  72. Vishnu Anand Cuddapah

    Leads 1 award · $215,325

    • 5K08NS131602-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Seizure Timing by Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
      $215,325
      award amount

  73. Davut Pehlivan

    Leads 1 award · $210,314

    • 5K23NS125126-05Department: NIH department code
      Comprehensive Deep Phenotyping and Multi-omics to Develop Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers for MeCP2-related Diseases
      $210,314
      award amount

  74. Megan Duffey

    Leads 1 award · $191,219

    • 1K23AI199607-01Department: NIH department code
      Epidemiological assessment of Strongyloides stercoralis in at-risk populations in Texas
      $191,219
      award amount

  75. Tara Ness

    Leads 1 award · $189,159

    • 1K23AI193258-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the impact of M. tuberculosis lineages and polymorphisms on the host immune response and clinical characteristics in pulmonary tuberculosis in Eswatini
      $189,159
      award amount

  76. Mustafa Tosur

    Leads 1 award · $186,242

    • 5K23DK129821-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Arginine Metabolism and Its Effects on Beta Cell Function in Children with Type 2 Diabetes
      $186,242
      award amount

  77. Evan Michael Dalton

    Leads 1 award · $185,397

    • 1K23MH144673-01Department: NIH department code
      Preventing Aggression through an Autism Care Pathway at a Pediatric Hospital
      $185,397
      award amount

  78. Shubhada Hooli

    Leads 1 award · $184,701

    • 5K23HL169901-03Department: NIH department code
      Pulse Oximeter Accuracy in Children and Outpatient Implementation
      $184,701
      award amount

  79. Arun Saini

    Leads 1 award · $181,440

    • 1K23GM163229-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Interleukin-1Beta- Fibrin(ogen) Interaction in Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy.
      $181,440
      award amount

  80. Sameer Thadani

    Leads 1 award · $181,227

    • 1K23DK146155-01A1Department: NIH department code
      HYPOTENSION PREDICTION ENHANCING CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY OUTCOMES (HOPE-CRRT)
      $181,227
      award amount

  81. Krupa R Mysore

    Leads 1 award · $167,165

    • 1K08DK141907-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of T cell dysfunction in pediatric chronic cholestatic liver diseases
      $167,165
      award amount

  82. Ayse Akcan Arikan

    Leads 1 award · $160,500

    • 3RL1HD107780-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site

      Principal investigators: Ayse Akcan Arikan (contact PI), Trung Chanh Nguyen

      $160,500
      award amount

  83. Michael W Curtis

    Leads 1 award · $160,500

    • 1R03AI196485-01Department: NIH department code
      Development of a novel Guinea pig model that mimics human relapsing fever disease.
      $160,500
      award amount

  84. Caitlin Vonderohe

    Leads 1 award · $158,993

    • 5K08DK135845-03Department: NIH department code
      DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-19 IN NEONATES
      $158,993
      award amount

  85. Jennifer Haunani Foster

    Leads 1 award · $137,163

    • 5R50CA275928-04Department: NIH department code
      NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award
      $137,163
      award amount

  86. Sara Stephens

    Leads 1 award · $132,452

    • 1K01HL188804-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic, Metabolic, and Sociodemographic Factors Underpinning Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Developing Mechanistic Drivers and Integrative Frameworks
      $132,452
      award amount

  87. Mary Elizabeth McConnell Tessier

    Leads 1 award · $120,375

    • 1R03DK147790-01Department: NIH department code
      A phase 1/2 trial of Bifidobacterium breve supplementation in infants with cholestasis and suspected biliary atresia
      $120,375
      award amount

  88. Xing Fang

    Leads 1 award · $89,824

    • 5F32DK138685-03Department: NIH department code
      PERIFORNICAL AREA OF THE ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS REGULATES METABOLIC BALANCE
      $89,824
      award amount

  89. Rachel Naomi Curry

    Leads 1 award · $84,627

    • 5K00CA274700-05Department: NIH department code
      Decoding hyperexcitability in malignant glioma
      $84,627
      award amount

  90. Apoorva Thatavarty

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL172468-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Interactions and Competition in Clonal Hematopoiesis
      $55,114
      award amount

  91. Arushana Amir Maknojia

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL168921-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Steady-State Hematopoiesis by Microbiota-Driven IFN-I Signaling
      $50,114
      award amount

  92. Juan Cerda Iii

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS147715-01Department: NIH department code
      THE ROLE OF SLC4A4 IN VASCULAR DEMENTIA
      $50,114
      award amount

  93. Roshan Ailani

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS145624-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of Slc4a4 in Multiple Sclerosis
      $50,114
      award amount

  94. Tiffany Jiyan Choy

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141637-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of germline Daam2 variant R414W in familial glioma
      $50,114
      award amount

  95. Kevin Lei

    Leads 1 award · $42,773

    • 5F31NS136011-03Department: NIH department code
      Effects of the NR2E1 mutation on cellular and molecular determinants of neurogenesis
      $42,773
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.