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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at Duke University

Durham, NC

Funding
$4.6M
$4,633,922
Awards
12
FY2026 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
14
12 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Biology row of the Duke University page.

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. David R Sherwood

    Leads 1 award · $621,361

    • 2R35GM118049-11Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how cells invade through basement membrane in vivo
      $621,361
      award amount

  2. Paul Mitaari Magwene

    Leads 1 award · $575,833

    • 5R01AI133654-09Department: NIH department code
      The Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus Neoformans

      Principal investigators: Paul Mitaari Magwene (contact PI), Joseph Heitman

      $575,833
      award amount

  3. Larry Ryan Baugh

    Leads 1 award · $572,744

    • 5R35GM156356-02Department: NIH department code
      Nutritional Control of Nematode Development
      $572,744
      award amount

  4. David McClay

    Leads 1 award · $524,391

    • 5R01HD014483-44Department: NIH department code
      Embryonic Cell Recognition: Specificity Determinants
      $524,391
      award amount

  5. Gustavo M Silva

    Leads 1 award · $481,983

    • 5R35GM137954-07Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the roles of ubiquitin in translation control
      $481,983
      award amount

  6. Xinnian Dong

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 2R35GM118036-11Department: NIH department code
      Salicylic Acid in Immunity and Health: A Small Phytohormone with Big Physiological Impacts
      $444,125
      award amount

  7. Amy K Schmid

    Leads 1 award · $403,750

    • 5R35GM158161-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure, function, and evolution of gene regulatory networks in archaea
      $403,750
      award amount

  8. Pelin C Volkan

    Leads 1 award · $339,237

    • 1R01GM167219-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and neuronal basis of behavioral variation in responses to social isolation

      Principal investigators: Pelin C Volkan (contact PI), Corbin D Jones

      $339,237
      award amount

  9. Ke Dong

    Leads 1 award · $273,337

    • 1R21AI202488-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of persistent sodium currents in modulating mosquito sensory behavior
      $273,337
      award amount

  10. Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario

    Leads 1 award · $199,319

    • 5R00NS119295-05Department: NIH department code
      Structure and function of spontaneous network activity during circuit formation
      $199,319
      award amount

  11. Wei Jian Adam Soh

    Leads 1 award · $118,494

    • 1K99GM166936-01Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the molecular basis underlying basement membrane elasticity
      $118,494
      award amount

  12. Jelena Popovic Basta

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32HD118698-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the role of mitochondrial specialization in early development
      $79,348
      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.