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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, MA

Funding
$9.3M
$9,278,476
Awards
24
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
20
18 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#34
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 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester page.

Leads a grant in this department

18 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. Patrick Emery

    Leads 3 awards · $1,746,528

    • 5R35GM145253-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms and sleep in Drosophila
      $917,403
      award amount
    • 1R21NS146961-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Time-dependent membrane proteomics in circadian pacemaker neurons
      $460,625
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136013-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical regulation of intestine stem cell-mediated tissue homeostasis in Drosophila
      $368,500
      award amount

  2. Dorothy Patricia Schafer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,092,165

    • 1R01NS146994-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting roles for nucleic acid sensing pathways in demyelinating disease
      $551,557
      award amount
    • 5R01MH113743-10Department: NIH department code
      Microglia-Astrocyte Crosstalk Regulating SynapseRemodeling
      $540,608
      award amount

  3. Neil Aronin

    Leads 1 award · $1,038,135

    • 1UG3NS149390-01Department: NIH department code
      Advancing HD Therapeutics
      $1,038,135
      award amount

  4. Mark Alkema

    Leads 2 awards · $1,013,836

    • 1R56NS144817-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The gut brain axis: microbial impact on neural function
      $578,007
      award amount
    • 1R35GM164099-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Gut-Brain Communication Underlying Behavioral State Transitions
      $435,829
      award amount

  5. Kensuke Futai

    Leads 2 awards · $982,768

    • 5R01MH130582-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the sex-Depended Maturation of Modulatory Systems.
      $522,143
      award amount
    • 1R21MH144157-01Department: NIH department code
      A role for neurexins in serotonin-IPN circuitry and social behavior

      Principal investigators: Kensuke Futai (contact PI), Andrew R Tapper

      $460,625
      award amount

  6. Travis Thomson

    Leads 2 awards · $871,533

    • 1R21AG103989-01Department: NIH department code
      Developing Genetically Encoded Intrabodies to Define Retrotransposon Function in Synaptic Development

      Principal investigators: Travis Thomson (contact PI), Brian Anthony Kelch

      $452,783
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126821-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Type-specific Axon Regeneration
      $418,750
      award amount

  7. Danny G. Winder

    Leads 1 award · $519,891

    • 5R01AA031269-03Department: NIH department code
      Ethanol modulation of a NE-astrocyte-DA arousal pathway
      $519,891
      award amount

  8. Andrew R Tapper

    Leads 1 award · $471,474

    • 5R01DA041482-10Department: NIH department code
      Interpeduncular circuitry in stress-responsive behaviors and nicotine dependence
      $471,474
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21MH144157-01, led by Kensuke Futai.

  9. Michael M Francis

    Leads 1 award · $456,703

    • 1R21AG098673-01Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal mechanisms directing stress-responsive transcriptional programs

      Principal investigators: Michael M Francis (contact PI), Amy Karol Walker

      $456,703
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21AG093537-01A1, led by Alexandra Byrne.

  10. Alexandra Byrne

    Leads 1 award · $452,783

    • 1R21AG093537-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death

      Principal investigators: Alexandra Byrne (contact PI), Michael M Francis

      $452,783
      award amount

  11. Lina Marcela Carmona

    Leads 1 award · $224,101

    • 5R00NS127857-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissection of Cell Type Specific Contributions to Motor Learning Circuits
      $224,101
      award amount

  12. Marie Althea Doyle

    Leads 1 award · $156,644

    • 5K99AA031509-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of BNST PKCdelta neurons in compulsive ethanol intake
      $156,644
      award amount

  13. Rebecca Marie Beiter

    Leads 1 award · $73,769

    • 5F32NS134683-03Department: NIH department code
      A Comparative Analysis of OPC and Microglia Phagocytosis and its Relevance to Neurodegenerative Disease
      $73,769
      award amount

  14. Emily Norman

    Leads 1 award · $36,800

    • 1F31AG097085-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of synapse maintenance in the aging nervous system
      $36,800
      award amount

  15. Hannah Rogers

    Leads 1 award · $36,202

    • 1F31NS143315-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulation of Foraging Behavior by the Nervous System
      $36,202
      award amount

  16. Melanie K Barbini

    Leads 1 award · $35,448

    • 1F30AI197875-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of periventricular inflammation in neuroinflammatory CNS
      $35,448
      award amount

  17. Anna Aristarkhova

    Leads 1 award · $34,848

    • 1F30AI197455-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the mechanisms behind complement mediated synapse elimination in neuroinflammatory disease
      $34,848
      award amount

  18. Rebekka Hannah Anderson

    Leads 1 award · $34,848

    • 1F31DK145217-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Determine the role of a monocarboxylate transporter in metabolism and intestinal motility
      $34,848
      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.