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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Psychology at University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

Funding
$16.6M
$16,627,936
Awards
31
FY2026 NIH awards in Psychology
Principal investigators
40
29 lead a grant here, 11 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 Psychology row of the University of Colorado page.

Leads a grant in this department

29 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. Marie T Banich

    Leads 2 awards · $3,392,512

    • 5P50HD027802-34Department: NIH department code
      Differential Diagnosis in Learning Disabilities

      Principal investigators: Erik G Willcutt (contact PI), Jeffrey R Gruen (contact PI), Lauren M McGrath (contact PI), Marie T Banich (contact PI)

      $1,757,773
      award amount
    • 5U01DA051018-07Department: NIH department code
      14/21 ABCD-USA Consortium: Research Project Site at CU Boulder

      Principal investigators: Marie T Banich (contact PI), Naomi P. Friedman

      $1,634,739
      award amount
  2. Erik G Willcutt

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,773

  3. Jeffrey R Gruen

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,773

  4. Lauren M McGrath

    Leads 1 award · $1,757,773

  5. Joanna J Arch

    Leads 2 awards · $1,295,086

    • 1R01CA303943-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Randomized Trial of a Novel Intervention to Increase Endocrine Therapy Adherence among Depressed Breast Cancer Survivors
      $653,413
      award amount
    • 5R01CA300028-02Department: NIH department code
      Randomized Trial of a Novel Approach to Addressing Fear of Progression in Advanced Cancer
      $641,673
      award amount
  6. Roselinde H Kaiser

    Leads 2 awards · $1,117,546

    • 5R01MH124846-05Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging Latent Factors and Machine Learning to Forecast Internalizing Psychopathology in Emerging Adulthood

      Principal investigators: Roselinde H Kaiser (contact PI), Hannah R. Snyder

      $687,383
      award amount
    • 1R21MH138299-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sensor-Based Intervention Modeling: A Personalized Tool to Support Intervention in Adolescent Mood Disorders

      Principal investigators: Roselinde H Kaiser (contact PI), Aimee E.n. Sullivan

      $430,163
      award amount
  7. David H Root

    Leads 2 awards · $1,080,801

    • 5R01MH137472-03Department: NIH department code
      Untangling dopamine and glutamate neuron function in the VTA
      $632,655
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130576-03Department: NIH department code
      Circuits and neurotransmitters involved in VTA glutamate neuron regulation of the consequences of stress

      Principal investigators: David H Root (contact PI), Michael V Baratta

      $448,146
      award amount
  8. Soo H Rhee

    Leads 1 award · $1,036,953

    • 5R01DA054087-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the links between parental and adolescent substance use:complementary natural experiments using the children of twins design

      Principal investigators: Soo H Rhee (contact PI), Matthew Charles Keller, Scott Ian Vrieze, Sylia Wilson

      $1,036,953
      award amount
  9. L. Cinnamon Bidwell

    Leads 2 awards · $793,937

    • 5R01DA059234-04Department: NIH department code
      Hemp-derived Cannabidiol for the treatment of cannabis use disorder in concentrate users: A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial
      $694,985
      award amount
    • 3R01DA059234-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Hemp-derived Cannabidiol for the treatment of cannabis use disorder in concentrate users: A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial
      $98,952
      award amount
  10. June L Gruber

    Leads 1 award · $767,909

    • 5R01MH131803-03Department: NIH department code
      Positive Emotion in Bipolar Disorder Onset and Illness Course in Emerging Adults

      Principal investigators: June L Gruber (contact PI), Sheri L Johnson

      $767,909
      award amount
  11. Angela Bryan

    Leads 1 award · $764,107

    • 5R33AG078088-04Department: NIH department code
      Exercise adherence and cognitive decline: Engaging with the Black community to develop and test a goal-setting and exercise intensity intervention
      $764,107
      award amount
  12. Jessica Marie Finlay

    Leads 1 award · $763,865

    • 1R01AG099180-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Life Course Cognability: A Mixed Methods Study of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health

      Principal investigators: Jessica Marie Finlay (contact PI), Michael Hughes Esposito

      $763,865
      award amount
  13. Matthew Charles Keller

    Leads 1 award · $723,749

    • 5R01MH130448-05Department: NIH department code
      Causes and consequences of mental disorders: The environmental and genetic influences of parents on offspring.
      $723,749
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA054087-05, led by Soo H Rhee.

  14. Lori M. Hunter

    Leads 1 award · $684,507

    • 1R33AG104567-01Department: NIH department code
      CACHE: Supporting Interdisciplinary Inclusion of Context in Aging and Health Research

      Principal investigators: Lori M. Hunter (contact PI), Deborah L Balk

      $684,507
      award amount
  15. Michael V Baratta

    Leads 1 award · $629,980

    • 5R01MH050479-32Department: NIH department code
      Stressor controllability: Prefrontal circuits that produce resilience and dominance

      Principal investigators: Michael V Baratta (contact PI), Steven F Maier

      $629,980
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH130576-03, led by David H Root.

  16. Myron P. Gutmann

    Leads 1 award · $561,896

    • 5R01AG080483-04Department: NIH department code
      Addressing the Midlife Mortality Crisis: Place-Based Modeling, Trend Analysis and Policy Interventions
      $561,896
      award amount
  17. Ben N Greenwood

    Leads 1 award · $547,669

    • 5R01MH125898-05Department: NIH department code
      Sex and circuit-specific determinants of exercise-induced stress resilience
      $547,669
      award amount
  18. Zoe Rebecca Donaldson

    Leads 1 award · $441,592

    • 5R01MH125423-05Department: NIH department code
      The neuromolecular basis of adaptation to bond loss
      $441,592
      award amount
  19. Linda Watkins

    Leads 1 award · $368,156

    • 1R21AR086442-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Individualized treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) through local drug activation at disease sites: Treating OA where, and only where, it is needed
      $368,156
      award amount
  20. Theodora Chaspari

    Leads 1 award · $329,886

    • 1R01HL192754-01Department: NIH department code
      SCH: Speech-based Technologies to Detect and Improve Interprofessional Team Behaviors in Cardiac Surgery

      Principal investigators: Theodora Chaspari (contact PI), Marco A. Zenati, Roger Daglius Dias

      $329,886
      award amount
  21. Heather Littleton

    Leads 1 award · $302,461

    • 5R01MD019017-02Department: NIH department code
      A dyadic telehealth intervention to prevent PTSD and promote recovery for sexual and gender minority survivors of bias-related victimization
      $302,461
      award amount
  22. Monlin Monica Ko

    Leads 1 award · $236,290

    • 5R25GM142056-06Department: NIH department code
      EMPOWER: Enacting Materials to Promote OWnership, Engagement and Relevance
      $236,290
      award amount
  23. Marielena Sosa

    Leads 1 award · $225,176

    • 4R00MH135993-03Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuit dynamics of spatial reward memory
      $225,176
      award amount
  24. Carillon Joy Skrzynski

    Leads 1 award · $202,234

    • 5K01DA058152-03Department: NIH department code
      Exploring the antecendents and consequences of cannabis use in the context of coping: An experimental study
      $202,234
      award amount
  25. Renee Martin-Willett

    Leads 1 award · $158,614

    • 1K23AA032861-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of cannabidiol and sleep in the context of alcohol use
      $158,614
      award amount
  26. Matthew Junker

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32EY038562-01Department: NIH department code
      Using EEG and Neural Network Modeling to Determine the Dynamics of Visual Selection
      $76,300
      award amount
  27. Kelly Winther

    Leads 1 award · $46,568

    • 1F31MH144897-01Department: NIH department code
      Examining the role of dCA2 sharp wave ripple dynamics and neural activity in social memory and attachment
      $46,568
      award amount
  28. Elora Williams

    Leads 1 award · $43,419

    • 5F31DA063348-02Department: NIH department code
      Impact of Opioid Withdrawal on SNl-TS Dopamine and Glutamate in Threat Learning
      $43,419
      award amount
  29. Simone Mellert

    Leads 1 award · $36,723

    • 5F31MH140549-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of the nucleus accumbens in exercise-induced stress resistance
      $36,723
      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.

  • Naomi P. Friedman

    Co-investigator on 5U01DA051018-07, led by Marie T Banich

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

  • Scott Ian Vrieze

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA054087-05, led by Soo H Rhee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sylia Wilson

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA054087-05, led by Soo H Rhee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Sheri L Johnson

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH131803-03, led by June L Gruber

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

  • Michael Hughes Esposito

    Co-investigator on 1R01AG099180-01A1, led by Jessica Marie Finlay

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

  • Hannah R. Snyder

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH124846-05, led by Roselinde H Kaiser

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

  • Deborah L Balk

    Co-investigator on 1R33AG104567-01, led by Lori M. Hunter

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Steven F Maier

    Co-investigator on 5R01MH050479-32, led by Michael V Baratta

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

  • Aimee E.n. Sullivan

    Co-investigator on 1R21MH138299-01A1, led by Roselinde H Kaiser

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

  • Marco A. Zenati

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL192754-01, led by Theodora Chaspari

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

  • Roger Daglius Dias

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL192754-01, led by Theodora Chaspari

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads