← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Rutgers, The State University
$433,676,568
Total funding
567
Grants
Funding over time
peak $124.8M · FY2008–25$200M$150M$100M$50M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOD$204,548,551 · 270
DOE$131,082,784 · 121
USDA$64,817,356 · 110
NASA$33,227,877 · 66
By mechanism
—$433,676,568 · 567
Investigators at Rutgers, The State University
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
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
ALLIANCE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE$63,726,210
· FY2008 · Department of Defense
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR RADIOACTIVE ION BEAM STUDIES FOR STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE (RIBSS)$7,965,545
· FY2013 · Department of Energy
RESEARCH IN THEORETICAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS$7,414,000
· FY2013 · Department of Energy
PDB MANAGEMENT BY THE RESEARCH COLLABORATORY FOR STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS$6,656,000
· FY2019 · Department of Energy
MATERIAL SYNTHESIS AND SPECTROSCOPY/DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF MULTIFERROICS: TOWARDS...$6,248,086
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
IR-4 CROP PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM$5,788,570
· FY2017 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
LIFE IS ELECTRIC. THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY IS CATALYZED BY A SMALL SUBSET OF PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION AS SOPHISTICATED NANOMACHINES. CURRENTLY VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF PROTEINS ON EARTH AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN EARLY MICROBIAL LIFE. TO FILL THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP THE ENIGMA RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTAL BIOINFORMATIC DATA-DRIVEN ABDUCTIVE STUDIES TO EXPLORE THE ORIGIN OF CATALYSIS THE EVOLUTION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURES IN MICROBIAL ANCESTORS AND THE CO-EVOLUTION OF PROTEINS AND THE GEOSPHERE THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME. ENIGMA HAS THREE INTEGRATED RESEARCH THEMES FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ELECTRON TRANSFER AND ENERGY GENERATION. THEME 1 WILL INVESTIGATE THE SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION OF METALLOPROTEINS IN PREBIOTIC SYSTEMS. EXTANT MICROBIAL PROTEINS WILL BE ANALYZED TO IDENTIFY THE SIMPLEST STRUCTURES THAT CAN PERFORM ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS. USING DE NOVO COMPUTATIONAL PROTEIN DESIGN SMALL PEPTIDES WILL BE SYNTHESIZED AND CHARACTERIZED TO ELUCIDATE THE EARLIEST BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. THEME 2 WILL EXAMINE THE EMERGENT COMPLEXITY OF METALLOPROTEINS IN MICROBIAL ANCESTORS. NEW COMPUTATIONAL METHODS LINKING PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND PHYLOGENY WILL BE DEVELOPED TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF METAL BINDING LIGANDS IN PROTEINS. A STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT-BASED HOMOLOGY APPROACH WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE OLDEST STRUCTURES IN PROTEINS AND TO TRACE THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF METAL BINDING FOLDS. THEME 3 WILL EXPLORE THE CO-EVOLUTION OF PROTEINS AND THE GEOSPHERE. DEEP-TIME DATA ON THE NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REDOX-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS IN ROCKS AND MINERALS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH PROTEIN STRUCTURAL DATA IN THE PROTEIN DATA BANK. MINERALOGICAL DATA (E.G. MINERAL COMPOSITION SOLUBILITY AND AGE) WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO GEOCHEMICAL MODELS TO CONSTRAIN THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF METALS OVER GEOLOGIC TIME AND METAL BIOAVAILABILITY DURING ARCHEAN AND PROTEROZOIC ERAS WILL USED TO DATE SPECIFIC POSITIONS IN THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE CONSTRUCTED IN THEME 2. THE THREE ENIGMA RESEARCH THEMES ARE DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE MAJOR TOPICS SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION OF MACROMOLECULES IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE EARLY LIFE AND INCREASING COMPLEXITY AND CO-EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE 2015 ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE STRATEGY. FURTHERMORE THE ENIGMA PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS THE NAI CAN 7 TEAMS ON EXPERIMENTAL MICROBIAL GENOMICS (GEORGIA TECH) AND LIFE ON A DYNAMIC EARLY EARTH (UC RIVERSIDE). THE RESULTS OF THE ENIGMA RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL HELP THE NAI ANSWER A CENTRAL QUESTION IN ASTROBIOLOGY: HOW DID PROTEINS EVOLVE TO BECOME THE CATALYSTS OF LIFE ON EARTH?$5,450,328
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEW; SISGR: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF REACTION DYNAMICS IN IONIC LIQUIDS; PI: EDWARD CASTNER$4,862,000
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR AND OPTIMIZATION OF ADVANCED ARMOR CERAMICS$4,761,569
· FY2008 · Department of Defense
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR RADIOACTIVEION BEAM STUDIES FOR STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE.$4,640,291
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TOTAL MENISCUS RECONSTRUCTION.$4,420,187
· FY2020 · Defense Health Agency
NA-121.1 CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE FOR RADIOACTIVEION BEAM STUDIES FOR STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE.$4,227,228
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
CENTER FO MILITARY BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH - CEMBR$4,137,174
· FY2008 · Department of Defense
THIS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL, MULTI-STATE, INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION PROJECT WILL ADVANCE AND EXPAND THE PROGRESS OF HOMESTYLES TOWARD REDUCING RISK OF CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY. HOMESTYLES, AN IN-HOME FAMILY INTERVENTION, ENABLES AND MOTIVATES ENGLISH- AND SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS TO SHAPE HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND WEIGHT-RELATED LIFESTYLE PRACTICES TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY. SEGMENT 1 OF HOMESTYLES FOCUSED FAMILIES WITH PRESCHOOLERS (AGES 2-5). THIS RENEWAL PROJECT WILL GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW PARTICIPATION IN HOMESTYLES-SEGMENT 1 LONGITUDINALLY AFFECTS WEIGHT-RELATED ASPECTS OF HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND LIFESTYLE PRACTICES. THIS PROJECT ALSO WILL CONDUCT A DISSEMINATION FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW TO EFFECTIVELY DIFFUSE THE INNOVATIONS OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED HOMESTYLES-SEGMENT 1 INTERVENTION TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRESCHOOL. THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE A NOVEL, CULTURALLY-COMPETENT HOMESTYLES-SEGMENT 2 RESPONSIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENTALLY UNIQUE NEEDS OF MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (6-11 YEARS) AND DELIVER IT ONLINE AND IN SNAP-ED SESSIONS. FURTHER, THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD THE EXPERTISE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS IN CREATING EFFECTIVE CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION PROGRAMS THROUGH FORMAL COURSEWORK AND HANDS-ON PRACTICUMS. A MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH IS USED BECAUSE DIET, EXERCISE, AND SLEEP ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY RISK AND SUCCESSFUL RESULTS ARE LIKELY TO BE GENERATED BY ADDRESSING MULTIPLE LIFESTYLE PRACTICES IN A FAMILY CONTEXT. THIS INTERVENTION WILL APPLY COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PRINCIPLES AND BE ALIGNED WITH CURRENT OBESITY PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE THEORIES. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR CONFRONTING AND COMBATING OBESITY AND SAFEGUARDING HEALTH THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO SCALE NATIONWIDE.$4,000,000
· FY2017 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT USING AN INTEGRATED COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATION AND MODELING SYSTEM$3,997,569
· FY2008 · Department of the Navy
INCREMENTAL FUNDING AMENDMENT TO INCREMENTAL FUNDING GRANT 13-1-0001 IN THE AMOUNT OF $315,680.$3,990,154
· FY2014 · Department of the Army
PROGRAM FOR ADVANCING REGENERATIVE THERAPIES (PART)$3,869,454
· FY2014 · Department of the Army
A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE$3,753,197
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
HOMESTYLES: SHAPING HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND LIFESTYLE PRACTICES TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL$3,600,000
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
IR-4 MINOR CROP PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM$3,382,853
· FY2010 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture