FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Funding

$11.4M

$11,389,017

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering

Principal investigators

18 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators

Department rank

#10

of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the University of Minnesota 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.

David Kevin Wood
Leads 2 awards · $3,552,550
- 1R01AI200568-01Department: NIH department code
  Engineering Immunocompetent Human Tissues to Define Inflammatory State Transitions
  Principal investigators: David Kevin Wood (contact PI), Andrew Salim Khalil
  $2,946,564
  award amount
- 5R01HL177019-02Department: NIH department code
  Discovery and validation of single cell biomarkers for clinical outcome in sickle cell disease
  $605,986
  award amount
David J. Odde
Leads 1 award · $1,349,589
- 5U54CA268069-05Department: NIH department code
  Center for Multiparametric Imaging of Tumor Immune Microenvironments
  Principal investigators: David J. Odde (contact PI), Kevin William Eliceiri (contact PI), Paolo Provenzano (contact PI)
  $1,349,589
  award amount
Kevin William Eliceiri
Leads 1 award · $1,349,589
- 5U54CA268069-05Department: NIH department code
  Center for Multiparametric Imaging of Tumor Immune Microenvironments
  Principal investigators: David J. Odde (contact PI), Kevin William Eliceiri (contact PI), Paolo Provenzano (contact PI)
  $1,349,589
  award amount
Paolo Provenzano
Leads 1 award · $1,349,589
- 5U54CA268069-05Department: NIH department code
  Center for Multiparametric Imaging of Tumor Immune Microenvironments
  Principal investigators: David J. Odde (contact PI), Kevin William Eliceiri (contact PI), Paolo Provenzano (contact PI)
  $1,349,589
  award amount
Alexander Opitz
Leads 2 awards · $1,183,203
- 5R01MH136053-03Department: NIH department code
  Validation of Closed-Loop Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Non-Human Primate Model
  Principal investigators: Alexander Opitz (contact PI), Arnaud Y Falchier
  $800,878
  award amount
- 5R01EB034143-04Department: NIH department code
  CRCNS Research Proposal: Collaborative Research: US-German Collaboration toward a biophysically principled network model of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
  Principal investigators: Alexander Opitz (contact PI), Gillian Queisser
  $382,325
  award amount
Jonathan N Sachs
Leads 2 awards · $956,057
- 5R61AG090358-02Department: NIH department code
  Human iPSC-Derived Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages to Modulate Inflammation and Combat Tau-Induced Pathology
  Principal investigators: Jonathan N Sachs (contact PI), Beau Richard Webber
  $734,778
  award amount
- 1R21AG100961-01Department: NIH department code
  Novel methods for small molecule discovery to address alpha-Synuclein induced neuroinflammation
  $221,279
  award amount
William Charles Krause Pomerantz
Leads 1 award · $526,755
- 2R35GM140837-06Department: NIH department code
  Chemical Probe Development for Epigenetic Complexes Enabled by Protein-Observed 19F NMR
  $526,755
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM132029-07, led by Erin Elizabeth Carlson.
Mark D Distefano
Leads 1 award · $526,251
- 2R35GM141853-06Department: NIH department code
  Chemical Approaches for Exploring Protein Prenylation in Living Cells
  $526,251
  award amount
Patrick W Alford
Leads 1 award · $491,601
- 5R01NS126762-04Department: NIH department code
  Role of mechanical heterogeneity in cerebral aneurysm growth and rupture
  $491,601
  award amount
Mehmet Akcakaya
Leads 1 award · $487,249
- 5R01EB032830-04Department: NIH department code
  Robust and Efficient Learning of High-Resolution Brain MRI Reconstruction from Small Referenceless Data
  $487,249
  award amount
Taner Akkin
Leads 1 award · $476,929
- 5R01MH126923-05Department: NIH department code
  Label-free optical imaging for human mesoscale connectivity with a focus on deep brain stimulation targets
  Principal investigators: Taner Akkin (contact PI), Sarah Rachel Heilbronner
  $476,929
  award amount
Erin Elizabeth Carlson
Leads 1 award · $467,081
- 5T32GM132029-07Department: NIH department code
  Training the Next Generation of Chemical Biologists
  Principal investigators: Erin Elizabeth Carlson (contact PI), William Charles Krause Pomerantz
  $467,081
  award amount
Matthew Douglas Johnson
Leads 2 awards · $454,101
- 5R25NS132346-04Department: NIH department code
  Educational Program on Translating Neural Medical Devices
  Principal investigators: Matthew Douglas Johnson (contact PI), Cristin G Welle, Jennifer French, Ranu Jung, Theoden I Netoff
  $265,920
  award amount
- 5T32NS121920-05Department: NIH department code
  Training Program in Translational Neuromodulation
  $188,181
  award amount
Andrew Salim Khalil
Leads 1 award · $398,144
- 1R35GM162637-01Department: NIH department code
  Engineering Immunocompetent Systems for Modeling, Modulating, and Treating Inflammatory Diseases
  $398,144
  award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI200568-01, led by David Kevin Wood.
Grace Gilmore Bushnell
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00CA267261-05Department: NIH department code
  Bone marrow niche regulation of disseminated tumor cell dormancy, reactivation, and metastasis.
  $249,000
  award amount
Brittany L Hartwell
Leads 1 award · $182,391
- 1R21AI203024-01Department: NIH department code
  Investigating 'cell painting' as a strategy to enhance vaccine efficacy and immune activation
  $182,391
  award amount
Melissa Ariel Walsh
Leads 1 award · $44,402
- 5F30CA295068-03Department: NIH department code
  Engineering Immune Engagers
  $44,402
  award amount
Sarah Cleveland
Leads 1 award · $43,714
- 1F31EY039658-01Department: NIH department code
  INVESTIGATING TELEHEALTH SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING AND MONITORING CENTRAL VISION LOSS DISEASES
  $43,714
  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.

Arnaud Y Falchier
Co-investigator on 5R01MH136053-03, led by Alexander Opitz
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Beau Richard Webber
Co-investigator on 5R61AG090358-02, led by Jonathan N Sachs
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Minnesota · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Sarah Rachel Heilbronner
Co-investigator on 5R01MH126923-05, led by Taner Akkin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Gillian Queisser
Co-investigator on 5R01EB034143-04, led by Alexander Opitz
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Temple University · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Cristin G Welle
Co-investigator on 5R25NS132346-04, led by Matthew Douglas Johnson
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Colorado · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 2 awards)
- University of Colorado · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
- University of Colorado · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
Jennifer French
Co-investigator on 5R25NS132346-04, led by Matthew Douglas Johnson
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Ranu Jung
Co-investigator on 5R25NS132346-04, led by Matthew Douglas Johnson
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Theoden I Netoff
Co-investigator on 5R25NS132346-04, led by Matthew Douglas Johnson
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Minnesota · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)