These researchers defy disciplinary boundaries, challenge convention, and push the limits of what we can achieve through academic research. As a result, their work is difficult to fund by traditional means. That’s where the Amar G. Bose Research Grant Program comes in.
Research grant recipients
2019
Biology the Chemist
Making Sense From Nature
Kristala L. J. Prather
2019
Seeds of Survival
Adopting orphan crops to adapt to climate change
Mary Gehring
2019
Inspired Invention
Muses to My Gears
Sandy Alexandre
2018
A Heavy Metal Trojan Horse
Tricking pathogenic bacteria into eating poison
Elizabeth N. Nolan
2018
Quantum Leap
Developing faster processers using electronic fluids and quantum materials
Dirk Englund, Nuno Loureiro, Leonid Levitov
2018
Functional Textiles for Water Purification
Confronting “humanity’s greatest mass poisoning” with lessons from parasitic disease eradication
Julia Ortony
2018
Controlling Infections
Using Nature’s Strategies
Laura Kiessling, Katharina Ribbeck
2018
Breaking Away From Legacy Catalysis
Exploiting electric fields to promote thermochemical reactions
Yuriy Román
2017
Algorithmic Democracy
Geometry, computation, and gerrymandering
Justin Solomon
2017
Light-emitting Plants
Transforming living plants into autonomous light sources
Michael S. Strano, Sheila Kennedy
2017
Beyond Standard Practices
An innovative method for identifying new particles
Or Hen
2017
The Future of Flight
Achieving liftoff through electroaerodynamic propulsion
Steven Barrett
2017
The Time Is Ripe
Ubiquitous radio frequency barcode sensors for food packaging
John Hart, Dina Katabi, Tim Swager
2017
Bringing the Heat
Transferring thermal energy across long distances
Evelyn Wang
2016
Spic and Span
Using guided evolution to produce a yeast-based cleaning agent
Angela Belcher
2016
Brick by Brick
Creating a whole new class of nano-bio building blocks
Amy Keating, Karl Berggren
2016
Twist of Fate
Reprogramming somatic cells into stem cells
Domitilla Del Vecchio, Ron Weiss
2016
Harnessing Explosions
Pushing the limits of electrochemical energy delivery using high-energy reaction chemistries
Betar M. Gallant
2015
Lemons into Lemonade
Using malarial organisms to deliver therapeutic drugs
Jacquin Niles
2015
Instrumental Science
What the evolution of string instrument design tells us about acoustics
Nicholas Makris
2015
Magnetic Vision
Putting navigation abilities in pigeons and worms to use
Polina Anikeeva
2015
Power to the Plasma
An innovative assault on traditional batteries
Martin Z. Bazant
2014
Rare Earth Electronics
Searching for new building blocks of technology
Joseph Checkelsky
2014
Is Anyone There?
Looking for extraterrestrial life in all the right places
Sara Seager
2014
Writ Small
Silicon wafer etching using high-mass molecules
Sylvia T. Ceyer
2014
Beyond the Bulb
Achieving 100% energy efficiency in LED lighting
Rajeev Ram
2014
Precious Power
Diamond as a next-generation semiconductor
Jesús A. del Alamo
2013
On the Beam
Crafting smaller-scale particle accelerators to better probe the nature of reality
Janet Conrad
2013
Small Soldiers
Using minicells to target tumors and deliver cancer-fighting drugs
Sangeeta Bhatia
2013
Celluloid for Cellular
Measuring a cell’s intrinsic properties
Joel Voldman
2013
On the Same Wavelength
Enhancing cognition with the brain’s own music
Earl K. Miller
2013
Let it Shine
Using coal as a light source—without burning it
Jeffrey C. Grossman
