FY2027 Significant Sponsored Program Awards Approaching $1Million or Greater
Updated on 10/02/2026
Supplement awards are now included starting FY2024.
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, George A | Centers & Institutes - TAP/MEP | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Continuous Security Assessment and Monitoring for Rural and Municipal Utilities | $1,119,965.00 |
| Brinton, Christopher Greg | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: VINES: Track 2: Heterogeneous Edge Intelligence for Natural Disaster Response Analytics (HEIDRA) | $3,494,000.00 |
| Cai, Jianfeng | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Antimicrobial agents derived from AApeptide biomaterials | $2,155,500.00 |
| Campbell, Joseph Andrew | College of Science - Computer Science | Interior, U.S. Department Of | TUTOR: Textbook-to-Task Ontological Grounding for Robotics | $1,171,221.00 |
| Cannon, Jason R | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | Mechanisms of PhIP-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity | $1,191,364.00 |
| Davisson, Vincent Jo | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Platinum Based Countermeasures and Combinations with Protective Agents | $2,140,571.00 |
| Delaurentis, Daniel A | Vice President Research - Purdue Research - Central Support | Lilly (Eli) And Company | Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Delivery Eli Lilly Development 2026-27 | $1,481,144.00 |
| Deng, Qing | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Neutrophil Migration and Inflammation | $2,146,440.00 |
| Donnellan, Andrea Conway | College of Science - EAPS | National Aeronautics And Space Admin | Creating a NASA Surface Topography and Vegetation (STV) Novel Observing System (NOS) | $2,556,231.00 |
| Flaherty, Daniel P | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Optimization of bacterial carbonic anhydrase inhibitors to treat vancomycin-resistant enterococcus | $3,874,550.00 |
| Gkritza, Konstantina | College of Engineering - Civil and Construction Engineering | Utah State University / National Science Foundation | Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE) | $7,941,215.00 |
| Heinz, Michael G | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Deafness,Comm Disorders | A cross-species knowledgebase to facilitate precision auditory neuroscience and audiology | $1,858,714.00 |
| Herndon, Patricia Ann | PEEL - Energy & Energetics Lab - PEEL - PARI Energy and Energetics Lab | Critical Materials Group Inc | PARI PEEL CMG TO1 | $1,071,289.00 |
| Karpicke, Jeffrey D | College of Health & Human Sci - Psychological Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Deafness,Comm Disorders | Retrieval-Based Word Learning in Developmental Language Disorder | $3,095,670.00 |
| Kim, Tae Yoon | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Biological Processes Driven by Interactions between Cells and Extracellular Matrices | $2,145,119.00 |
| Li, Jianing | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Virginia Tech / Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis / Virginia Tech | Targeting ESKAPE Pathogens with AI-Designed Antimicrobial Peptide | $999,380.00 |
| Low-Nam, Shalini T | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Signaling mechanisms in activation of chimeric antigen receptor T cells | $2,093,945.00 |
| Matosevic, Sandro | College of Pharmacy - Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Tumor-responsive, multispecific natural killer cells to reprogram glioblastoma for improved immunotherapy | $3,203,827.00 |
| Morgan, John A | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Advanced Res Projects Agency - Energy | PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC POLYMER INTERMEDIATES | $1,260,000.00 |
| Mukherjee, Partha P | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Fundamental Understanding of Electrochemical ? Mechanical Driven Instability of Sodium Metal | $2,431,295.00 |
| Ostafe, Raluca | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Wellcome Leap, Inc | Nanobubble-Mediated Antibiotic Delivery for Site-Directed Treatment of Infection While Protecting the Gut Microbiome | $1,641,405.00 |
| Scofield, Gregory David | PHL - Hypersonics Lab - PHL - Lab Operating | Defense Advanced Res Projects Agency | PARI PHL Caracara | $1,500,000.00 |
| Strachan, Alejandro H | Centers & Institutes - NCN | National Science Foundation | PCL-Test Bed: Purdue Intelligent Codesign Cloud Lab for Non-Equilibrium and Low-Dimensional Materials (ICoN-PCL) | $19,032,636.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brosseau-Lapre, Francoise | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Deafness,Comm Disorders | Developmental Trajectories Characterizing Speech Sound Disorder Persistence and Recovery | $2,504,193.00 |
| Chen, Ming | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Modeling and Designing Protein-protein Interaction Modulators with Deep Generative Artificial Intelligence | $2,079,737.00 |
| Chopra, Gaurav | College of Science - Chemistry | Stanford University / National Science Foundation | PCL-Test Bed: Development and Application of Standards for Automation of Science | $3,347,945.00 |
| Delaurentis, Daniel A / Rhoads, Jeffrey Frederick | Vice President Research - Purdue Research - Central Support | Air Force Research Laboratory | Research, Technology Transition, and Workforce Development at Scale with Speed: A Proposal to Establish the Midwest AFRL Regional Research Convergence Hub (M-ARRCH) | $23,413,099.00 |
| Guo, Jingchuan | College of Pharmacy - Pharm Prtc | Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | intelligent Social risk Management in AD/ADRD paTients | $2,090,519.00 |
| Meyer, Scott E | College of Engineering - Zucrow Lab Gen Op | Rolls-Royce North America Inc / Defense, U.S. Department Of | External Heat Source Testing | $4,291,950.00 |
| Oliver-Jischke, Haley | Vice Provost for Teaching & Le - VP for Teaching & Learning Admin | National Science Foundation | 2026-2027 NSF GRFP -Award Only | $2,765,416.00 |
| Richards, Elizabeth A | North Central Nursing Clinic - NCNC Admin | Health Resources & Services Admin | Richards-HRSA-2026 Health Center Cluster | $2,604,959.00 |
| Robinson-Rucker, Chanele D | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | Air Force U.S. Dept of the | Early Learning Matters - NAF Blanket Purchase Agreement | $9,785,534.00 |
| Schultz, Kelly Melissa | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Purdue Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Training Program | $1,462,513.00 |
| Sivasankar, Preeti Mahalakshmi | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Univ Of Illinois At Champaign-Urbana / Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | Impact of wearable biofeedback for the rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation of neurogenic dysphagia | $1,127,600.00 |
| Zhou, Yun | College of Agriculture - Botany & Plant Path | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Plant Stem Cell Division and Differentiation | $1,987,135.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan, Deva D | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Role of Hyaluronan in Modulating Multiscale Biological Responses to Mechanical Stimuli | $2,110,955.00 |
| Gejji, Rohan M | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | FTAI Aviation Ltd | FTAI Power Combustion DLE Rig Test | $2,296,036.00 |
| Harbor, Jonathan Martin | Purdue Global - Purdue Global | Education, U.S. Department Of | Veteran Student Support Service Project | $1,361,820.00 |
| Huang, Fang | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Ultra-high resolution structural and molecular imaging of cells and tissues | $2,375,660.00 |
| MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | Lilly Endowment Inc. | Building Supportive Communities for Military and Veteran Families | $3,500,000.00 |
| Manfra, Michael James | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Quantum Computing | $10,686,930.00 |
| Olson, Matthew | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Differentiation, fate, and function of pathogenic T helper cells in graft-versus-host disease | $3,775,685.00 |
| Paniagua-Perez, Guillermo | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | MBDA France | Compact expansion machine for supersonic flows | $1,284,905.00 |
| Paniagua-Perez, Guillermo | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd | Development of an Infrared Measurement and Diagnostic System for Rotating Turbine Blades | $1,293,370.00 |
| Paniagua-Perez, Guillermo | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Green Constellation Inc | Rotating Detonation Steam Generator Digital Twin | $1,037,882.00 |
| Stewart, Ranae K | Centers & Institutes - TAP/MEP | National Institute Of Standards & Tech | Purdue University – MEP Center for State of Indiana | $6,606,362.00 |
| Tao, Chengcheng | Polytechnic Institute - Bowen School of Construction | IN Department Of Transportation / Transportation, U.S. Department Of | Integration of SCRIM and Emerging Data Sources into Network Friction Testing Program for Immediate and Long-Term Needs | $1,610,865.00 |
| Zhang, Zhong-Yin | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Targeting PTPN22 for Novel Cancer Immunotherapeutic Agents | $2,888,737.00 |
*Received supplement award this fiscal year.
