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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04/19/2024
Meni Wanunu
Sponsor: NIH
Direct RNA sequencing using electro-optical zero mode waveguides and custom click fluorescent nucleotides Reading the sequence and detecting the diversity of chemical modifications in RNA molecules would be a huge step forward for understanding the biology and disease-causing events in human cells. However, methods that can directly read single molecules are lacking, prompting us to…Read More
04/19/2024
Needa Brown (Co-I: Srinivas Sridhar)
Sponsor: Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Women’s Health Innovation Award
InCITE: A Biomaterial Platform to Overcome Barriers to Drug Delivery The objective of this work is to generate robust pre-IND, translational preclinical data that will support the platform technology, InCITE, Implants for Chemo-Immuno Therapy Enhancement, as a sustained release option to overcome barriers to drug delivery.Read More
03/19/2024
Dan Distel
Sponsor: Cell Signaling Technology, 507764
Annual Environmental and Social Responsibility Grant: Ocean Genome Legacy Student Research in DNA Preservation This grant will support OGL’s long running and successful Student Research in DNA Preservation Program, providing funds for experiments to improve the quality of DNA extracted from frozen biological materials. Freezing at ultra-cold temperatures (>80°C) is considered the “gold standard” for…Read More
03/14/2024
Randall Hughes, Sara Constantino, Laura Kuhl
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Award Number: 2322178
CIVIC-FA Track A: Kickstarting A Youth-Centered Green Economy For The Environmental Justice Community Of East Boston This research involves understanding how underserved communities get actively engaged in making the transition to a vibrant green economy with improved environmental conditions and community resilience to climate change. To accomplish this goal, the research engages local youth in…Read More
03/13/2024
Art Kramer and Chuck Hillman
Sponsor: NIH/NIA
Breaking prolonged sitting with high intensity interval training to improve cognitive and brain health in older adults Capitalizing on Physical Activity intensity as the major limiting factor in peripheral catecholamine increase, we propose a randomized crossover trial to compare 2 conditions lasting 3.5 h each: sitting interrupted by 6-min HIIT every 30 min (HIIT Breaks),…Read More
03/12/2024
Laszlo Barabasi
Sponsor: NSF 2243104; University of Michigan PTE: SUBK00018203
Center for Complex Particle Systems (Compass) Robustness under variable conditions is an essential property that biological organisms and human networks acquire by adopting a dynamic hierarchical structure. Moreover, complex organization spontaneously emerges from simple constitutents if they are numerous, strongly interacting and diverse. A nearly identical set of attributes is characteristic of colloidal particles, ranging…Read More
03/12/2024
Jing-Ke Weng
Sponsor: Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI)
The role of phytochemicals in food allergy This project investigates the role of phytochemicals in food allergies, focusing on identifying plant secondary metabolites that influence allergic reactions and developing potential therapeutics for food allergies. Jing-Ke Weng’s lab aims to advance understanding of food allergy causes and mechanisms through interdisciplinary research on plant chemistry and its…Read More
03/12/2024
Charles Hillman
Sponsor: R01 AG083156
Examining the Persistence of Neurocognitive Benefits of Exercise In this 5-year follow-up to the IGNITE exercise intervention study we will examine whether exercise has a delayed or protracted benefit to neurocognitive outcomes including Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology. We will also examine whether we can predict long-term exercise engagement by utilizing the rich biological and psychological data…Read More
03/12/2024
Srinivas Sridhar
Sponsor: NIH NCI 2R25CA174650-11
CaNCURE: Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops for Undergraduate Research Experiences CaNCURE: Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops for Undergraduate Research Experiences Program seeks to provide training and education in research at the interface of nanotechnology, cancer biology, and medicine to attract, retain, and encourage young scientists & engineers, particularly those from underrepresented minorities, to pursue careers in cancer research. The…Read More
03/12/2024
Ben Knudsen, Iva Halacheva, and Jose Perea
Sponsor: NSF
Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference 2024 The Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference is a recurring regional topology meeting, previous iterations of which have been hosted at UVA, Johns Hopkins, and Penn. The latest iteration is planned for March 23–24, 2024 at Northeastern University. As in the past, the event will take a broad thematic focus and prioritize showcasing young…Read More
03/11/2024
Jing-Ke Weng
Sponsor: USDA
Discovery and engineering of plant branched cyclic peptide biosynthesis Plants offer an enormous chemodiversity that is essential for discovering new medicines, with 25% of all FDA-approved drugs coming from plants. However, the production of plant-derived natural products faces significant challenges. Our research aims to explore the biosynthesis and bioengineering of lyciumins and moroidins, two classes…Read More
02/20/2024
Lori Ferrins
Sponsor: NIH AViDD Center Development Grant
Development of covalent SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitors There are two goals in this project, firstly, to continue to develop our advanced hit compound (disclosed here: doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37254-w) to identify a lead suitable for in vivo proof of concept studies. Secondly, to develop novel methods to study the structural dynamics of both covalent inhibitors and PLpro…Read More

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Northeastern graduate wins prestigious NIH Oxford-Cambridge doctoral scholarship
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Mass Spectrometry Facility awarded grant to advance single-cell proteomics research
Northeastern University’s Mass Spectrometry Facility has been awarded a $2.2 million research infrastructure grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to build a cutting-edge core supporting single-cell proteomics research. The award, through the Center’s Research Infrastructure program, will establish a fully integrated pipeline that enables researchers to measure proteins at single-cell resolution, filling a…
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European Physical Society honors professor’s groundbreaking contributions to the physics of complex networks
Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani earns the European Physical Society’s top award for helping to lay the foundation for physics models of contagion.
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Twelve Northeastern scholars make ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ list
The faculty members were included in this year’s “Highly Cited Researchers” list, an annual compilation by the data analytics company Clarivate that recognizes scholars who rank among the top 1% of their field.
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Northeastern University professor honored with prestigious American Psychological Association award
Laurel Gabard-Durnam, whose work focuses on brain plasticity and creating real-world tools, will receive the Boyd McCandless Award in August, 2026.
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Northeastern University professor Jim Chen is one of the winners of the Massachusetts AI Hub’s AI Models Innovation Challenge.
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Three Seas student wins AAUS Award
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Northeastern physicists honored with Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for unveiling secrets of the universe
Several Northeastern physics professor, PhD student, and researchers, where recognized in the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their research into the fundamental nature of matter at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.