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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Funding
$8.9M
$8,941,287
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
18
15 lead a grant here, 3 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 Pennsylvania State University page.

Leads a grant in this department

15 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. Seth R Bordenstein

    Leads 3 awards · $1,690,859

    • 5R01AI179743-03Department: NIH department code
      The Epigenetics of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

      Principal investigators: Seth R Bordenstein (contact PI), Rupinder Kaur

      $597,151
      award amount
    • 5R01AI189624-02Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Mechanism of a Male Killing Gene
      $553,037
      award amount
    • 5T32GM156692-02Department: NIH department code
      Biotechnological and Integrative Opportunities in Microbiome Sciences (BIOMS)

      Principal investigators: Seth R Bordenstein (contact PI), Jasna Kovac

      $540,671
      award amount
  2. Kateryna Makova

    Leads 2 awards · $1,256,753

    • 5R35GM151945-03Department: NIH department code
      Non-B DNA and Genome Evolution
      $863,503
      award amount
    • 1R03HG014804-01Department: NIH department code
      Variability in organization and expression of multi-copy genes on human sex chromosomes
      $393,250
      award amount
  3. Janine Lynn Kwapis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,165,372

    • 1R01MH140966-01Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic mechanisms underlying stress-enhanced fear learning in males and females
      $659,846
      award amount
    • 5R01AG074041-05Department: NIH department code
      Diurnal control of memory allocation by the circadian gene Per1
      $308,901
      award amount
    • 1R21AG090642-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic and cellular mechanisms of age-related impairments in memory updating
      $196,625
      award amount
  4. Nicole Ashley Crowley

    Leads 2 awards · $917,182

    • 5R01AA031472-02Department: NIH department code
      Sex-dependent shifts in behavioral profiles and cortical signaling following adolescent binge drinking

      Principal investigators: Nicole Ashley Crowley (contact PI), Nanyin Zhang

      $603,336
      award amount
    • 5R01AA029403-05Department: NIH department code
      Prelimbic somatostatin peptide signaling in binge ethanol consumption
      $313,846
      award amount
  5. Elizabeth Ann McGraw

    Leads 1 award · $576,192

    • 5R01AI177352-04Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the coevolutionary potential of chikungunya virus and its Aedes mosquito vectors
      $576,192
      award amount
  6. Moriah Szpara

    Leads 1 award · $549,764

    • 1R01AI203226-01Department: NIH department code
      The Evolutionary Flexibility of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Different Cellular Contexts
      $549,764
      award amount
  7. Yingwei Mao

    Leads 1 award · $427,134

    • 1R21HD122002-01Department: NIH department code
      Concept-proof of treatment in a rodent model of thrombocytopenia-absent-radius (TAR) syndrome
      $427,134
      award amount
  8. Grayson Oren Sipe

    Leads 1 award · $407,603

    • 1R35GM162859-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating brain-body allostasis via longitudinal in vivo imaging
      $407,603
      award amount
  9. Sarah M Assmann

    Leads 1 award · $396,275

    • 5R35GM153492-03Department: NIH department code
      Phospho- and natural-variant regulation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling
      $396,275
      award amount
  10. Christian Huber

    Leads 1 award · $393,498

    • 5R35GM146886-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of admixture in human evolution
      $393,498
      award amount
  11. Emily R. Davenport

    Leads 1 award · $387,670

    • 5R35GM146980-05Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing human-microbiome interactions via molecular and functional genomic approaches
      $387,670
      award amount
  12. Zachary Alfano Szpiech

    Leads 1 award · $370,425

    • 5R35GM146926-05Department: NIH department code
      Population Genetics Methods for Understanding Complex Trait Evolution
      $370,425
      award amount
  13. Juan Manuel Vazquez

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG088361-03Department: NIH department code
      Patterns and Mechanisms Underlying Somatic Mutations Across Long-Lived Bats
      $249,000
      award amount
  14. Gwendolyn Erin Burgess

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 1F32AA032721-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Examining somatostatin receptor pathways following binge drinking: a focus on PFC-->PAG projections
      $76,780
      award amount
  15. Laurel Seemiller

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32AA031396-03Department: NIH department code
      Sex differences in somatostatin cell dynamics and exploratory behavior after adolescent binge drinking in mice
      $76,780
      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.

  • Nanyin Zhang

    Co-investigator on 5R01AA031472-02, led by Nicole Ashley Crowley

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Rupinder Kaur

    Co-investigator on 5R01AI179743-03, led by Seth R Bordenstein

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jasna Kovac

    Co-investigator on 5T32GM156692-02, led by Seth R Bordenstein

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.