FY 2025-2026 Awards
(Updated quarterly)
| PI | Fellowship Recipient | Department | Project Title | Prime Sponsor | Sponsor | NIH Mechanism | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blurton-Jones, Mathew | Neurobiology & Behavior | Application of novel, stem-cell based approaches to study the mechanism of protective microglial response in Alzheimer's Disease | BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION | New | |||
| Hammer, Tobin | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | CAREER: Determining drivers and life-history consequences of gut microbiome seasonality | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | |||
| Kvon, Evgeny | Alcantara, Joshua | Developmental & Cell Biology | Dissecting how gene regulatory redundancy ensures robustness of mammalian development | CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF | F31 | New | |
| Fowler, Christie | Mogul, Allison | Neurobiology & Behavior | Investigating the Interaction Between Nicotine and GPR3: Gene expression, cell activity and withdrawal | DRUG ABUSE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON | F30 | New | |
| Blurton-Jones, Mathew | Neurobiology & Behavior | Examining the impact of peripheral monocyte-derived macrophage infiltration in AD pathogenesis | THE LARRY L. HILLBLOM FOUNDATION | New | |||
| Gershon, Paul | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | From hybrid to Tribrid: A refurbished Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid Mass Spectrometer | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR | S10 | New | ||
| Tinoco, Roberto | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Metabolic Regulation by SAPS3 of Virus-specific T cell Immunity | NATIONAL INST OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES | R01 | New | ||
| Martiny, Adam | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Collaborative Research: Large-scale nutritional ecology of diverse phytoplankton | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | |||
| Martiny, Adam | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Bio-GO-SHIP: A global genomic census of ocean life | MINDEROO FOUNDATION LIMITED | New | |||
| Lutterschmidt, Deborah | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Polyploidization, gene dosage, and the evolution of hormonal phenotypes | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | New | ||
| Briscoe, Adriana | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Unraveling the genetic tapestry of parallel red-green color vision evolution in butterflies | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | |||
| Bohlson, Suzanne | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | S-STEM: UC Irvine MS Incentive to Land Employment in STEM and Obtain Needed Experience (MILESTONE) in Biotechnology | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New |
FY 2025-2026 Proposals
(Updated quarterly)
| PI | Department | Project Title | Prime Sponsor | Sponsor | NIH Mechanism | Proposal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayman, Nir | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Identification of pan-Herpesviruses restriction factors | U.S.-ISRAEL BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Plikus, Maksim | Developmental & Cell Biology | Long-range injury responses in skin of the super-regenerative axolotl | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | New | |
| Rodriguez Verdugo, Alejandra | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Collaborative Research: The role of intraspecific diversity in shaping bacterial adaptive dynamics | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Stark, Craig | Neurobiology & Behavior | Optimizing Digital Memory Assessments for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | Renewal | ||
| Grill, Joshua | Neurobiology & Behavior | Training in Translational ADRD Neuroscience (TITAN) | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | Renewal | ||
| Wang, Wenqi | Developmental & Cell Biology | Mechanistic analysis of core Hippo pathway genes in cancer | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Metherate, Raju | Neurobiology & Behavior | Using nicotine to reverse age-related auditory processing deficits | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | Renewal | ||
| Martiny, Adam | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Bio-GO-SHIP: A global genomic census of ocean life | MINDEROO FOUNDATION LIMITED | New | ||
| Goulding, Celia | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Discovery and preliminary characterization of proteins required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis heme degradation | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Mooney, Kailen | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Collaborative Research: Bridging plant drought and herbivory stress adaptation through comparative multi-domain trait networks | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Suetterlin, Christine | Developmental & Cell Biology | Analysis of inclusion membrane microdomains in Chlamydia | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Fowler, Christie | Neurobiology & Behavior | Psilocybin as a potential therapeutic for nicotine cessation: Behavioral mechanisms and neurocircuitry involved | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | New | |
| Sato, Brian | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Collaborative Research: Instructor Language in the Age of AI: Mapping how Communication Patterns Influence STEM Student Outcomes | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Garcia Vedrenne, Ana | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | CAREER: Scaling Up Success: Leveraging Cooperative Learning Strategies in Large-Enrollment, GTA-Facilitated Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Inlay, Matthew | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Ex vivo graft conditioning of human donor cells to reduce alloreactivity and graft-versus-host disease upon allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Blurton-Jones, Mathew | Neurobiology & Behavior | Studying CD8+ T cells in APOE4 carriers | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | New | |
| Thompson-Peer, Katherine | Developmental & Cell Biology | CAREER: Microtubule repair and regrowth after injury | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Martiny, Jennifer | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | The role of plasmids in the evolution and local adaptation of soil microbiomes | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Mcnulty, Reginald | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Targeting NLRP3 DNA-Cleavage Activity to Attenuate Inflammatory Muscle Degeneration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | DOD/SEPARATE MISC AGENCIES | New | ||
| Allison, Steven | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Restoring plant and microbial communities altered by environmental change | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Kvon, Evgeny | Developmental & Cell Biology | Dissecting enhancer-promoter specificity in mammalian development | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Tinoco, Roberto | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Revitalizing the Melanoma Immune Microenvironment by Inhibiting the PSGL-1 Pathway | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Stark, Craig | Neurobiology & Behavior | Developing novel cognitive measure for diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Chrastil, Liz | Neurobiology & Behavior | Factors contributing to individual differences in path integration ability | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Schechtman, Eitan | Neurobiology & Behavior | Using a sleep manipulation for improving Coping Self-Efficacy to reduce post-traumatic intrusions | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | New | ||
| Thompson, Leslie | Neurobiology & Behavior | Investigating Microglial Clearance and Pathogenic Spread of Extracellular Vesicles in Huntington's Disease | HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA | New | ||
| Bracken, Matthew | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Collaborative Research: Thermal refuge or cascading extinctions: evaluating the capacity of coastal foundation species to mitigate impacts of intensifying heat waves | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Nie, Qing | Developmental & Cell Biology | DMS/NIGMS: 2 An integrated mathematical and experimental study of high-dimensional cell state transition | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Morehouse, Benjamin | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Deciphering the function of an orphan enzyme in the human innate immune system | PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS | New | ||
| Lodoen, Melissa | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | Defining the Role of Piezo1 in Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebrovascular Antimicrobial Responses | AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC. | New | ||
| Thompson-Peer, Katherine | Developmental & Cell Biology | Dendrite regeneration | ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Hu, Yilin | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | CO2 activation by nitrogenase Fe proteins | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Grill, Joshua | Neurobiology & Behavior | National Alzheimers Coordinating Center | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS | New | |
| Edinger, Aimee Lara | Developmental & Cell Biology | A novel strategy to improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy in breast cancer | DOD/SEPARATE MISC AGENCIES | New | ||
| Thompson-Peer, Katherine | Developmental & Cell Biology | Dendrite Injury as Prevention: a Paradigm Shift for Neurodegenerative Disease | PERSHING SQUARE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Grill, Joshua | Neurobiology & Behavior | National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Renewal | |
| Green, Kim | Neurobiology & Behavior | Investigation of Metabolic Regulation and Vulnerability of Disease-Associated Microglia (DAM) in Alzheimer's Disease | BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Swarup, Vivek | Neurobiology & Behavior | Beyond Pathology: A Spatially Resolved Multi-Omic Atlas of Cognitive Resilience in Extreme Aging | BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Swarup, Vivek | Neurobiology & Behavior | Epitranscriptomic Control of Alzheimer's Pathogenesis: Defining YTHDF1's Role in m6A-Mediated Gene Regulation | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | New | |
| Thompson, Leslie | Neurobiology & Behavior | Unleashing Neurogenesis with Programmable Immune Cells in Aging and Huntington's Disease | AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | New | |
| Blurton-Jones, Mathew | Neurobiology & Behavior | Engineered microglia for the treatment of Adult-onset Leukoencephalopathy with Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia (ALSP) | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | SAVANNA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. | New | |
| Blurton-Jones, Mathew | Neurobiology & Behavior | Examining the role of microglial-derived tau in Frontotemporal Dementia | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS | New | |
| Martinez, Christopher | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Collaborative Research: Revisiting the rules of life in the abyss: evolutionary determinism in deep-sea fishes | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION | New | ||
| Stark, Craig | Neurobiology & Behavior | ADRC Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging | NIH/MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | New | |
| Swarup, Vivek | Neurobiology & Behavior | Mapping Oligodendrocyte Centric Neurovascular-Immune Networks in the Human Alzheimer's brain | BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION | New |