Sen. Kerry Announces Science Funding for State

Tufts to Receive Share of $38 Million Investment in Science in Massachusetts

Senator John Kerry announced Monday that 89 additional Massachusetts universities and organizations will receive a total of $38,786,509 in National Science Foundation (NSF) awards. The funding was secured through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“These investments in scientific research will create jobs and help keep Massachusetts a world leader in the sciences,” said Senator John Kerry. “I’m grateful that President Obama has once again recognized the cutting edge work being done by our universities and research organizations.”

The NSF funds research and education across the fields of science and engineering by providing grants and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the nation.

More than $133 million in National Science Foundation grants have been awarded to Massachusetts organizations and schools since March.

For more information on the NSF and on the latest recipients, please visit www.nsf.gov/awardsearch or www.research.gov.

Tufts University is receiving funding for the following projects:

$3,195,140
The project, entitled “IGERT: Water Across Boundaries – Integration of Science, Engineering and Diplomacy,” is under the direction of Shafiqul Islam.

$484,949
The project, entitled “SHF: Small: Dynamic Detection of Heap-Based Bugs,” is under the direction of Samuel Guyer.

$418,228
The project, entitled “RI: Medium: Collaborative Research: Optimizing Policies for Service Organizations in Complex Structured Domains,” is under the direction of Roni Khardon.

$100,338
The project, entitled “Quantum Information Theory,” is under the direction of Mary Beth Ruskai.

– Information from Sen. John Kerry