← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Lucerna, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,515,681
Total funding
22
Grants
Funding over time
peak $2.1M · FY2011–25$2.5M$1.9M$1.3M$625K$0
'11
'12
'13
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
Funding mix
By agency
NIH$10,365,948 · 21
NSF$149,733 · 1
By mechanism
R44$4,468,308 · 3
R43$4,117,042 · 16
N44$1,480,983 · 1
N43$299,615 · 1
—$149,733 · 1
Investigators at Lucerna, Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Largest grants
TOPIC 356: FLUOROGENIC ASSAY PLATFORM FOR CIRCULAR RNA DETECTION$1,480,983
N44 · FY2019 · CA
Fluorescent IRE sensor for synucleinopathy drug discovery$874,414
R44 · FY2023 · NS
Fluorescent IRE Sensor for Synucleinopathy Drug Discovery$853,817
R44 · FY2022 · NS
Splice sensors for cancer drug discovery$603,137
R44 · FY2018 · CA
Splice sensors for cancer drug discovery$533,292
R44 · FY2020 · CA
New toolkit to visualize RNAs in living cells$507,522
R44 · FY2015 · MH
New toolkit to visualize RNAs in living cells$503,628
R44 · FY2014 · MH
Cell-based RNA degradation assay for C9ALS/FTD drug discovery$392,116
R43 · FY2024 · AG
Splice sensors for cancer drug discovery$354,915
R44 · FY2019 · CA
Clozapine Sensors for Improving Therapeutic Treatments of Schizophrenia$328,597
R43 · FY2011 · MH
New toolkit to visualize RNAs in living cells$315,412
R43 · FY2012 · MH
In vivo imaging platform for DM1 drug discovery$313,148
R43 · FY2025 · AR
Targeted RNA degradation assay for new antiviral drug discovery$300,000
R43 · FY2024 · AI
IGF::OT::IGF SBIR Phase I Topic 356 Flourogenic assay platform for circular RNA detectionPoP 9/18/2017 - 6/18/2018.$249,642
N43 · FY2017 · CA
New toolkit to visualize RNAs in living cells$237,583
R44 · FY2016 · MH
New high-throughput screening technologies to improve cannabinoid production in yeast.$224,928
R43 · FY2019 · AT
Assay Classifier Engine (ACE) for enhancing splice sensor assay performance$224,925
R43 · FY2018 · GM
Cell-based viral helicase assay for dengue drug discovery$224,475
R43 · FY2018 · AI
Cell-based assay directly monitoring viral polymerase activity for drug discovery.$224,323
R43 · FY2020 · AI
Splice sensors for cancer drug discovery$224,251
R43 · FY2016 · CA