Grants

Society significantly benefits from scientific research, but it wouldn’t be possible without generous contributions from public and private sources.

This page is a testament to that support. With it, Northeastern’s College of Science has cultivated a dynamic landscape of research activity. Through a culture that emphasizes entrepreneurship, our exceptional faculty, staff, and student researchers are able to maximize the impact of their work.

The grants listed below are a preview of the science and scientists of tomorrow, who probe single cells, the outer limit of particle physics, and everything in between.

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2021
Andrew Feiguin
Sponsor: NSF
The many-body problem in the age of quantum machine learningRead More
2021
Eddie Geisinger
Sponsor: NIH/NIAID
Global Circuitry that Conotrols Acinetobacter Resistance and VirulenceRead More
2021
Aaron Seitz (NU Site PI)
Sponsor: Kaiser/National Institute of Aging
Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Research Program – CB Clinical This project develops digitial cognitive assessments for the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study that the last 3 decades has enrolled and followed several thousand older adults who receive care as Kaiser Permanente Washington members, creating unique and comprehensive longitudinal data sets that can support…Read More
2021
Aaron Seitz
Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Enhanced environments for psychophysical evaluation and training This project seeks to test how gamification and virtual reality can improve validity of speech in noise tasks in regard to self-report of hearing difficulties. Specific Aim (s): Aim 1: To determine whether tests in more realistic environments better predict self-reported experience than do standard tests. Aim 2:…Read More
2021
Susanne Jaeggi and Aaron Seitz
Sponsor: National Institute of Aging
Following the Sound of Music – Comparing the Effects of Music vs. Non-Music Based Interventions on Auditory and Cognitive Processing in Older Adults Development of an infrastructure of interoperability for replicability and robustness across cognitive training trials for brain aging. Specific Aim (s): Aim 1: Develop and test feasibility and acceptability of music and control…Read More
2021
Susanne Jaeggi and Aaron Seitz
Sponsor: National Institute of Aging
Examining the Potential for Placebo Effects in Cognitive Training This project examines whether it is possible to induce positive changes in cognitive function via placebo-based mechanisms (e.g., positive expectations). Specific Aim (s): Aim 1: To determine the effects of explicit expectation-based and associative-learning based placebos on the outcome of cognitive training. Aim 2: To understand…Read More
2021
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Sponsor: Advent Technology Holdings
Noble Metal Free Low Temperature Electrolyzer for Hydrogen GenerationRead More
2021
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Sponsor: Department of Energy-Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) (DE-FOA-0002044)
Durable MEA’s for Heavy Duty Fuel Cell Electric TrucksRead More
2021
Sam Scarpino
Sponsor: Tides Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation
COVID-19 Global healthRead More
2021
Aaron Seitz and Susanne Jaeggi
Sponsor: National Institute of Aging
Building a shared infrastructure for cognitive assessment in the service of cognitive training research This project aims to develop a software infrastructure that facilitates sharing psychometric assessments across research labs. Specific Aim (s): Aim R21 Phase: Develop a shared infrastructure for interoperability. Aim R33 Phase: Incorporate infrastructure in research studies and share with outside groups.Read More
2021
Carolyn Lee Parsons and Erin Cram
Sponsor: NSF
A Novel CRISPR SynBio Tool for Investigating and Reprogramming the Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseusRead More
2021
Randall Erb and Alain Karma
Sponsor: NASA
Structure property processing correlations in freeze-cast biomimetic materialsRead More

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