← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Rutgers The State University Of New Jersey
$13,197,052
Total funding
18
Grants
Funding over time
peak $3.8M · FY2011–25$5M$3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
USDA$7,271,494 · 10
DOD$5,925,558 · 8
By mechanism
—$13,197,052 · 18
Investigators at Rutgers The State University Of New Jersey
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
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (REGULAR RESEARCH) - FY2012$1,835,570
· FY2012 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (MULTISTATE RESEARCH FUND) FY2012$1,496,735
· FY2012 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (MULTISTATE RESEARCH FUND)$1,206,273
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE ROLE OF NADPH OXIDASE1 (NOX1) IN THE COLON IN ROTENONE-INDUCED A SYNUCLEIN PATHOLOGY PROPAGATION ALONG THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS$1,200,000
· FY2022 · Defense Health Agency
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF P53 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF OLIGOMETASTATIC CASTRATION-SENSITIVE PROSTATE CANCER$1,177,437
· FY2022 · Defense Health Agency
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (REGULAR RESEARCH)$1,175,397
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
GENETICALLY DISTINCT ASD SUBTYPES: IS MTOR DYSREGULATION A COMMON MECHANISM?$863,500
· FY2022 · Defense Health Agency
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS DRIVING CLONAL HEMATOPOIESIS-ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS$785,000
· FY2021 · Defense Health Agency
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** MICRO-NANOPLASTICS (MNPS) ARE INCREASINGLY FOUND IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND IN FOOD AND BEVERAGES CONSUMED BY HUMANS. RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MNPS CAN ADSORB TO PLANT SURFACES AND ENTER PLANT TISSUES, AND THAT THE PRESENCE OF MNPS IN SOIL ADVERSELY AFFECTS PLANT HEALTH AND ALSO ALTER PLANT UPTAKE OF OTHER CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS (EPS). HUMANS INGEST AN ESTIMAGED 5 G (ONE CREDIT CARD) OF MNPS PER WEEK AND INGESTED MNPS CAN BE TAKEN UP BY THE INTESTINE AND DISTRIBUTED TO ALL ORGANS AND TISSUES THROUGHOUT THE BODY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF MNP EXPOSURES ON FOOD CROPS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF MNPS AND ASSOCIATED EPS TO HUMANS THROUGH INGESTION OF THE EDIBLE PORTIONS OF CROPS. WE WILL CREATE SEVERAL RELEVANT MODEL MNPS FOR TESTING USING DEGRADATION PLATFORMS THAT SIMULATE INCINERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF WASTE PLASTIC. WE WILL THEN SYSTEMATICALLY ASSESS THE INTERACTIONS OF THESE MODEL MNPS WITH TOXIC EPS, INCLUDING A TYPICAL TOXIC HEAVY METAL (ARSENIC), A HEAVILY USED PESTICIDE (BOSCALID), AND A COMMON PERFLUOROALKYL/POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE (PFOS). TO ALLOW QUANTIFICATION OF MNPS IN OUR PLANT TISSUE AND CELLULAR SAMPLES THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (PY-GCMS) METHOD THAT WILL ALLOW ROBUST QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MNPS IN OUR PLANT AND CELLULAR SAMPLES; WE WILL THEN ASSESS THE RESPONSES TO AND UPTAKE OF MNPS AND MNP EFFECTS ON EP UPTAKE IN MODEL PLANTS (LETTUCE AND WHEAT) AND FURTHER ASSESS THE UPTAKE OF MNPS AND IMPACT OF MNPS ON EP UPTAKE BY THE HUMAN SMALL INTESTINE, USING A CELLULAR SMALL INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL MODEL. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DATA ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF MNPS, WHICH WILL HELP TO AVOID SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE FUTURE AND TO IDENTIFY POLICY MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE ADOPTED TO CURB PLASTICS POLLUTION.$752,000
· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
OVARIAN-DISRUPTING EFFECTS AND MECHANISMS OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROAKLKYL SUBSTANCES.$701,121
· FY2025 · Defense Health Agency
CHARACTERIZING THE ONCOGENIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION DURING THE MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION OF NF1 NERVE SHEATH TUMORS$649,000
· FY2025 · Defense Health Agency
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IS FACED WITH GREAT CHALLENGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND POPULATION GROWTH INCLUDING WATER SCARCITY AND AGRICHEMICAL DELIVERY INEFFICIENCIES. WATER SCARCITY IS A PRESSING ISSUE IN AGRICULTURE, LEADING TO LOW YIELDS AND CROP FAILURES WHEREAS INEFFICIENCIES IN AGRICHEMICAL DELIVERY ALSO RESULT IN MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. THERE IS AN URGENT NECESSITY TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE IRRIGATION STRATEGIES, WHICH UTILIZE MINIMAL WATER USAGE AND OPTIMIZE THE DELIVERY OF AGRICHEMICALS FOR CROP GROWTH. TO THIS EFFECT, IN THIS PROJECT WE PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTROSPRAY/ELECTROSPINNING-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TERMED ELECTROPONICS' WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THE PRECISE DELIVERY OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS IN A SOILLESS SETTING, COUPLED WITH SEEDS COATED WITH ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS MADE FROM SUSTAINABLE NATURE DERIVED BIOPOLYMERS WHICH CAN OPTIMIZE THE AGRICHEMICAL DELIVERY AND PLANT GROWTH. A SCALED-UP ELECTROPONICS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED AND ASSESSED IN A FIELD STUDY IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH USING MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF WATER AND AGRICHEMICALS.THE PROPOSED INNOVATIVE PLATFORM FOR THE PRECISION DELIVERY OF WATER AND AGRICHEMICALS USING ELECTROSPRAY/ELECTROSPINNING APPROACHES WHICH CAN BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TOHYDROPONICS/AEROPONICS CAN BE USED IN URBAN AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS, AND CAN BE A GAME-CHANGING APPROACH THAT CAN HELP IN BOTH CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND FOOD SECURITY. THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE PROJECT CAN IMPACT AND INFORM MORE EFFICIENT FARM PRACTICES AND ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AT A GLOBAL SCALE.$600,969
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
UNDERSTANDING HOW OBESITY INCREASES RISK FOR DIABETES$314,000
· FY2022 · Defense Health Agency
ROLES OF CHPG ON HUMAN-INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED OLIGODENDROCYTES$235,500
· FY2022 · Defense Health Agency
MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM$200,840
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM$121,858
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAM$5,030
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE HATCH ACT OF 1887 (MULTISTATE RESEARCH FUND)$-123,178
· FY2016 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture