Recent Grants
Kate Nussenbaum, Assistant Professor of PBS, announced as 2026 Jacobs CIFAR Research Fellow
Summary of Work Plans for Fellowship: Making good choices requires considering not just their immediate outcomes, but also their longer-term consequences, a cognitive process that exhibits substantial individual variability across development. Such variability may reflect adaptation to the predictability of experienced environments. In predictable environments, knowledge of the world can... More
Amelia Stanton, Assistant Professor of PBS, awarded American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Early Career Researcher Grant
This study will apply a novel statistical approach to medical record data to identify subgroups of sexual and gender minority youth and young adults with intersecting factors that are associated with increased risk for suicidal ideation. The research team will also hold focus groups with sexual and gender minority youth... More
Lucy Kim, Associate Professor of Art, announced as one of Wagner Foundation’s 2026 Arts Fellows
The Wagner Arts Fellowship honors mid-career to established artists who are committed to Boston’s creative arts ecosystem and to developing socially engaged, community-focused work. Three Greater Boston-based artists have been selected to receive $75,000 each to build their practices in 2026. The fellowship is geared towards contemporary visual artists, but also... More
Project on social return to R&D investment led by QST Professor Timothy Simcoe chosen for support by Coefficient Giving, Sloan Foundation
Investments in research, development, and innovation are widely recognized as key drivers of long-term economic growth but estimates of the social rate of return on these investments vary substantially. To encourage research on this topic, sometimes called "The Griliches Question," the NBER has launched a five-year project that will be... More
PhRMA Foundation Q&A with Dr. Samagya Banskota: Advancing Precision Genome Editing Therapies for Rare Diseases
Dr. Banskota is developing precision genome editing therapeutics that allow scientists to both understand the mutations that cause genetic diseases and develop therapeutic strategies to treat them.