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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Tufts University

Boston, MA

Funding
$6.5M
$6,497,122
Awards
16
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
16
14 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#40
of 75 · 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 Neurosciences row of the Tufts University page.

Leads a grant in this department

14 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. Yongjie Yang

    Leads 3 awards · $2,208,441

    • 4RF1MH106490-09Department: NIH department code
      Astroglia-Mediated Pathogenic Mechanisms in Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
      $954,677
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078728-05Department: NIH department code
      CNS Exosomes-Mediated Adaptive Immunity in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

      Principal investigators: Yongjie Yang (contact PI), Alexei Degterev

      $830,658
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125490-05Department: NIH department code
      Dysfunctional Astroglial Exosome to (motor) Neuron Axon Signaling in ALS
      $423,106
      award amount

  2. Chris G Dulla

    Leads 1 award · $819,426

    • 5R01AG085666-03Department: NIH department code
      Atypical astrocytes in aging and Alzheimer's Disease
      $819,426
      award amount

  3. Jamie Lynn Maguire

    Leads 1 award · $610,049

    • 5R01NS102937-09Department: NIH department code
      CRH Dysregulation of Brainstem Autonomic Circuits Increases SUDEP Risk
      $610,049
      award amount

  4. Maribel Rios

    Leads 1 award · $561,761

    • 5R01DK138586-03Department: NIH department code
      Alpha2/delta1- thrombospondin-3 signaling in the central control of metabolic function
      $561,761
      award amount

  5. Giuseppina Tesco

    Leads 1 award · $470,000

    • 1R21AG098894-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the interplay between AD genetic variants using human iPSC-derived brain cells

      Principal investigators: Giuseppina Tesco (contact PI), Doo Yeon Kim

      $470,000
      award amount

  6. Jonathan Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $453,750

    • 1R21NS144529-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Defining the potential of GSK3 inhibition in correcting the molecular phenotypes of CTNNB1 syndrome patient derived glutamatergic neurons.
      $453,750
      award amount

  7. F Rob Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $449,817

    • 5R01NS136668-03Department: NIH department code
      Glia-Neuron Communication Regulating Rhythmic Behaviors
      $449,817
      award amount

  8. Moritz Armbruster

    Leads 1 award · $440,530

    • 5R01NS127819-05Department: NIH department code
      Extracellular Potassium and Astrocytic Kir4.1 Modulate Interneuron Activity in the Cerebral Cortex
      $440,530
      award amount

  9. Emily L Newman

    Leads 1 award · $248,784

    • 5R00MH133869-04Department: NIH department code
      Amygdala Circuit Mechanisms for Stress-escalated Aggression
      $248,784
      award amount

  10. Emily Wilson Nickerson

    Leads 1 award · $49,320

    • 1F31AG094270-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cellular consequences of expressing disease-associated humanized tau variants in the frontal cortex
      $49,320
      award amount

  11. Jonathan Hacker

    Leads 1 award · $46,320

    • 1F31AG099275-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of CD63 in microglia tau clearance
      $46,320
      award amount

  12. Pascal Schamber

    Leads 1 award · $46,320

    • 1F31MH144751-01Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Homeostatic Plasticity in PV Interneurons
      $46,320
      award amount

  13. Jonathan Funke

    Leads 1 award · $46,302

    • 5F31NS141427-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Contribution of Motor Neuronal Mitochondria to Charcot Marie Tooth Type 2D (CMT2D)
      $46,302
      award amount

  14. Molly Brady Boyer

    Leads 1 award · $46,302

    • 5F31MH140553-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating a cell type-specific mechanism of glutamatergic synapse function and organization
      $46,302
      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.