Skip to main content
ConductScienceScienceDex

FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Funding
$31.2M
$31,208,844
Awards
47
FY2026 NIH awards in Engineering
Principal investigators
64
43 lead a grant here, 21 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 Engineering row of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology page.

Leads a grant in this department

43 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. Linda G Griffith

    Leads 2 awards · $3,801,469

    • 1UM1TR006029-01Department: NIH department code
      NAMs for Clinical Translation of Therapeutics for Systemic Gynecology Diseases
      $3,262,377
      award amount
    • 5R01HD114214-04Department: NIH department code
      Integrating tissue engineering and microfluidics to model the spatial niches of the human endometrium in vitro with guidance from in vivo multiomics data
      $539,092
      award amount

  2. Bevin P. Engelward

    Leads 2 awards · $3,115,537

    • 5P42ES027707-10Department: NIH department code
      The MIT Superfund Research Program: A Systems Approach for the Protection of Human Health from Hazardous Chemicals

      Principal investigators: Bevin P. Engelward (contact PI), Desiree Plata (contact PI), John M Essigmann (contact PI), Kathleen Mead Vandiver (contact PI), Stuart S Levine (contact PI), Timothy M Swager (contact PI)

      $2,703,687
      award amount
    • 5R01CA290188-03Department: NIH department code
      Impact of DNA Repair Pathway Interactions on the Molecular and Physiological Consequences of Methylation Damage
      $411,850
      award amount

  3. Desiree Plata

    Leads 1 award · $2,703,687

  4. John M Essigmann

    Leads 1 award · $2,703,687

  5. Kathleen Mead Vandiver

    Leads 1 award · $2,703,687

  6. Stuart S Levine

    Leads 1 award · $2,703,687

  7. Timothy M Swager

    Leads 1 award · $2,703,687

  8. Alan Jasanoff

    Leads 4 awards · $2,577,114

    • 1R01MH142434-01Department: NIH department code
      Brain-wide analysis of input/output relationships in reward system function
      $803,849
      award amount
    • 5UH3MH126868-05Department: NIH department code
      Hemogenetic imaging technology for circuit-specific analysis of primate brain function
      $626,140
      award amount
    • 5R01DA062195-02Department: NIH department code
      Analyzing brain-wide bases of neuroplastic change using new imaging tools
      $603,959
      award amount
    • 5R01NS121073-05Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Integrated Brain Functions Using Hemogenetic Imaging
      $543,166
      award amount

  9. Andrea Goldberg Edlow

    Leads 1 award · $2,353,983

  10. Boris Dominik Juelg

    Leads 1 award · $2,353,983

  11. Douglas A Lauffenburger

    Leads 1 award · $2,353,983

  12. Manolis Kellis

    Leads 3 awards · $2,302,393

    • 5R01NS129032-03Department: NIH department code
      Single-cell multi-region transcriptional and epigenomic dissection of VCID.

      Principal investigators: Manolis Kellis (contact PI), Myriam Heiman

      $1,031,564
      award amount
    • 5R01AG081017-04Department: NIH department code
      Single-cell multi-region dissection of AD-pathogen interactions for HSV-1 and CMV

      Principal investigators: Manolis Kellis (contact PI), Rudolph Emile Tanzi

      $736,109
      award amount
    • 5R01DA063327-02Department: NIH department code
      Integration and Validation of Single-Cell Neuronal and Immune Molecular Responses in SUD and HIV

      Principal investigators: Manolis Kellis (contact PI), Myriam Heiman

      $534,720
      award amount

  13. Anders Sejr Hansen

    Leads 2 awards · $2,187,512

    • 4R01CA300848-03Department: NIH department code
      Resolving transcription factor target search mechanisms
      $1,765,277
      award amount
    • 5R01EB035127-03Department: NIH department code
      An integrated toolkit for real-time analysis of coupled nascent transcription
      $422,235
      award amount

  14. Kwanghun Chung

    Leads 1 award · $1,869,604

    • 5U01AG077227-05Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the vulnerable locus coeruleus pathways in aging and AD

      Principal investigators: Kwanghun Chung (contact PI), Li-Huei Tsai

      $1,869,604
      award amount

  15. Mark Bathe

    Leads 3 awards · $1,712,522

    • 2R01AI162307-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Synthetic DNA-based Viral Particles for Spatially Controlled Antigen Presentation

      Principal investigators: Mark Bathe (contact PI), Daniel Lingwood, Darrell J Irvine, Facundo Damian Batista

      $844,182
      award amount
    • 1R21AG099044-01Department: NIH department code
      Pilot of a new non-viral vector for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery to the CNS

      Principal investigators: Mark Bathe (contact PI), Rachael W Sirianni

      $466,340
      award amount
    • 5R01MH112694-07Department: NIH department code
      Simultaneous profiling of neuronal synapse activities, proteins, and messenger RNAs at the single-cell level
      $402,000
      award amount

  16. Thomas Heldt

    Leads 2 awards · $1,044,238

    • 5U24EB037545-02Department: NIH department code
      PhysioNet: A FAIR and sustainable data repository

      Principal investigators: Thomas Heldt (contact PI), Tom Pollard

      $794,238
      award amount
    • 3U24EB037545-02S1Department: NIH department code
      PhysioNet: A FAIR and sustainable data repository

      Principal investigators: Thomas Heldt (contact PI), Tom Pollard

      $250,000
      award amount

  17. Ariel Lesa Furst

    Leads 1 award · $967,800

    • 4DP2GM154015-02Department: NIH department code
      Protecting microbes so they can protect us
      $967,800
      award amount

  18. Jessica C Stark

    Leads 1 award · $762,122

    • 1DP2AI207711-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the immune synapse for programmable cellular function
      $762,122
      award amount

  19. Peter C Dedon

    Leads 1 award · $723,962

  20. Domitilla Del Vecchio

    Leads 1 award · $678,583

    • 1R01EB038310-01Department: NIH department code
      Synthetic Genetic Controller Circuits for Transcription Factor-Directed Differentiation
      $678,583
      award amount

  21. Xuanhe Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $629,277

  22. Ritu Raman

    Leads 1 award · $619,189

    • 1R01NS146371-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Establishing a bioelectronics-integrated mesoscale organ-on-a-chip for neuromuscular disease modeling
      $619,189
      award amount

  23. Michal Caspi Tal

    Leads 1 award · $591,184

    • 5R01AI178713-04Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking serology’s secrets: harnessing novel immune biomarkers to predict Lyme disease progression and recovery
      $591,184
      award amount

  24. Peter T. So

    Leads 1 award · $499,998

    • 3UH3CA275687-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Single-cell label-free identification of senescence by Raman microscopy and spatial genomics

      Principal investigators: Peter T. So (contact PI), Jeon Woong Kang, Jian Shu

      $499,998
      award amount

  25. Roger D Kamm

    Leads 1 award · $496,950

    • 3U54CA261694-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the Transition to Dormancy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Liver and Skin Metastases Using Microfluidic Organ-on-Chip Models

      Principal investigators: Roger D Kamm (contact PI), Vivek Shenoy

      $496,950
      award amount

  26. James G Fujimoto

    Leads 1 award · $469,714

    • 5R01EY034080-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel ultrahigh speed swept source OCT angiography methods in diabetic retinopathy

      Principal investigators: James G Fujimoto (contact PI), Nadia Waheed

      $469,714
      award amount

  27. Tami D Lieberman

    Leads 1 award · $442,027

    • 5R01AR084097-02Department: NIH department code
      Determinants of colonization for commensal skin bacteria
      $442,027
      award amount

  28. Leonid A Mirny

    Leads 1 award · $440,465

    • 1R35GM161729-01Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical models of genome folding and function
      $440,465
      award amount

  29. Heather J. Kulik

    Leads 1 award · $397,500

    • 5R35GM152027-03Department: NIH department code
      Revealing Nature's Blueprints for Single-Site Catalysis of C-H Activation with First-principles Modeling and Machine Learning
      $397,500
      award amount

  30. Darcy McRose

    Leads 1 award · $393,718

    • 5R35GM157324-02Department: NIH department code
      Biogeography of Microbial and Plant-Derived Redox-Active Small Molecules and Combinatorial Effects on Microbial Growth
      $393,718
      award amount

  31. Ellen T. Roche

    Leads 1 award · $391,685

    • 5R61HL177503-02Department: NIH department code
      A transcatheter manufacturing toolkit for minimally-invasive and patient-specific device-based stroke prevention
      $391,685
      award amount

  32. Daniel G Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $387,750

    • 5R01HL162564-05Department: NIH department code
      Nonviral delivery techniques for in vivo prime editing
      $387,750
      award amount

  33. Paula T Hammond

    Leads 1 award · $318,532

    • 5R01CA235375-07Department: NIH department code
      Delivery of cytokines for cancer immunotherapy using nanolayer-controlled trafficking of liposomal nanoparticles

      Principal investigators: Paula T Hammond (contact PI), Darrell J Irvine

      $318,532
      award amount

  34. Bruce R Rosen

    Leads 1 award · $308,862

    • 5T32EB001680-22Department: NIH department code
      Neuroimaging Training Program
      $308,862
      award amount

  35. Yonatan Chemla

    Leads 1 award · $133,332

    • 5K99HG014240-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional Mapping of Translation Initiation Kinetics to Quantify the Protein-Coding Capacity of the Human Genome
      $133,332
      award amount

  36. Li-Wei H Lehman

    Leads 1 award · $123,599

    • 5R21HL177773-02Department: NIH department code
      Emulated Target Trials of Steroids in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

      Principal investigators: Li-Wei H Lehman (contact PI), Elias Baedorf Kassis, Zachary Shahn

      $123,599
      award amount

  37. Runzhong Wang

    Leads 1 award · $121,866

    • 1K99GM166738-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing untargeted metabolite elucidation by machine learning of fragmentation in mass spectrometry
      $121,866
      award amount

  38. Fangtao Chi

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 1K99DK146116-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhancing intestinal regeneration with Cysteine mediated dietary intervention
      $90,000
      award amount

  39. Sumin Kim

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32GM156065-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Dynamics and Function of Long-Range Polycomb Interactions
      $79,348
      award amount

  40. Clarice Kit Yee Hong

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32GM154393-02Department: NIH department code
      Dynamics and mechanisms of long-range enhancer activity
      $76,780
      award amount

  41. Alexander Reading

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31EB040275-01Department: NIH department code
      A Multi-Omic Machine-Learning Framework for Stress-Aware Therapeutic Protein Biomanufacturing
      $50,114
      award amount

  42. Amanda Chan

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31AI197535-01Department: NIH department code
      The molecular basis of T cell allorecognition in Graft-versus-Host-Disease and Graft-versus-Leukemia
      $50,114
      award amount

  43. Roozbeh Jafari

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R01EB034821-04Department: NIH department code
      A Smart Ring for Cuffless Blood Pressure to Reduce Health Disparities in People of Color

      Principal investigators: Roozbeh Jafari (contact PI), Roderic I. Pettigrew

      $1
      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.