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Robert J Vassar

From the FY2026 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.

FY2026 NIH rank #1,641
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  • Program Leader
  • R01 Holder
  • Top 10% Funded
  • Early Career
  • Mentor
  • Diverse Portfolio

NIH Funding · FY2026

Linked Award Amount
$6.9M
Full award amounts, FY2026
Award Records
5
Records listing this PI
Award-Linked Rank
#1,641
By linked amount among FY2026 PIs
Earliest Year Loaded
2024
ScienceDex PI coverage

Award-linked funding history

Linked NIH award amounts and rank by fiscal year.

Linked awards ($M)Award-linked rank
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Award-linked funding and rank by fiscal year
Fiscal yearLinked awardsRecordsRank
2024$6,981,0635#634
2025$1,961,2814#6,964
2026$6,911,3705#1,641

Award activity

Awards through the years

NIH award records listing this researcher in each fiscal year.

  1. FY20245 records
  2. FY20254 records
  3. FY2026 · selected5 records

Each bar starts at zero. Annual records can include renewals of the same project; they are not a count of distinct career grants.

One scientist record

NIH portfolios and SHARE

This is the common ScienceDex page for Robert J Vassar. NIH portfolio memberships are contextual views of this scientist, while SHARE Score, S-Index, and S-Impact describe the researcher's global sharing track record.

Review metric definitions

FY2026 NIH portfolio memberships

NIA

National Institute on Aging

$6.9M

5 awards · administering

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Researcher identity and coverage

Current affiliation
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NIH RePORTER identity
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ScienceDex PI coverage
FY2024 through FY2026Career claims are limited to the years shown.Metrics use this researcher's latest loaded PI award year; ScienceDex is current through FY2027.

FY2026 award categories

  • Neurology
  • Biomedical Engineering

FY2026 award records by amount

NIH award records listing Robert J Vassar as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.

  • 2P30AG072977-06P30Contact PI
    NORTHWESTERN Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
    Northwestern University · Neurology (NIH department code)
    $4.6M
    award amount
  • 5R01AG081649-03R01Contact PI
    Exploring annexin A6 for the prevention of dystrophic neurites and tau seeding and spreading in Alzheimer's disease
    Northwestern University · Neurology (NIH department code)
    $786.6K
    award amount
  • 4R01AG080092-02R01Contact PI
    Mechanisms of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme in Alzheimer's disease
    Northwestern University · Neurology (NIH department code)
    $738.8K
    award amount
  • 5R61AG090388-02R61Co-investigator
    In Vivo Production of CAR-Microglia for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
    University of Chicago · Biomedical Engineering (NIH department code)
    $588.5K
    award amount
  • 5T32AG020506-25T32Contact PI
    Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Aging and Dementia
    Northwestern University · Neurology (NIH department code)
    $180.6K
    award amount

Award organizations

Organizations that administered FY2026 awards listing Robert J Vassar as a PI.

Northwestern University
IL
$6.3M
4 grants
University of Chicago
IL
$588.5K
1 grant

Coverage and award-record milestones

Computed from the fiscal years currently available in ScienceDex.

  1. 2024
    First NIH Award
    Northwestern University
  2. 2024
    $500K Cumulative Funding
  3. 2024
    $1M Cumulative Funding
  4. 2024
    $2M Cumulative Funding
  5. 2024
    $5M Cumulative Funding
  6. 2024
    Entered Top 50% Nationally
    Ranked #634
  7. 2024
    Entered Top 25% Nationally
    Ranked #634
  8. 2024
    Entered Top 10% Nationally
    Ranked #634
  9. 2024
    Entered Top 5% Nationally
    Ranked #634
  10. 2025
    Multi-Institutional Research
    Awards at 2 institutions
  11. 2025
    R01 Grant Holder
  12. 2025
    Program/Center Grant Leader
  13. 2026
    $10M Cumulative Funding

Shared-award investigators

Other investigators listed on at least one of the same NIH award records as Robert J Vassar.

Sandra Weintraub
Northwestern University
6
shared awards
Changiz Geula
Northwestern University
3
shared awards
Darby Morhardt
Northwestern University
3
shared awards
Katherine R. Sadleir
Northwestern University
3
shared awards
Todd B Parrish
Northwestern University
3
shared awards
Hui Zhang
Northwestern University
2
shared awards
Jun Huang
University of Chicago
2
shared awards
Rudolph Castellani
Northwestern University
2
shared awards
Firas Hazem Wehbe
Northwestern University
1
shared award
Margaret E Flanagan
Northwestern University
1
shared award

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