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Essay
Research funding cuts: What's at stake
Published Summer 2025
Researchers like Richard Huganir are closing in on a cure for SYNGAP1-related disorders. But in the face of federal funding cuts, can they finish what they started? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Research matters
Game-changing lab in a shoe
Published May 9, 2025
Designed by Johns Hopkins bioengineers, Re-Kinesis was named a finalist in the National Institute on Aging's 2025 Start-Up Challenge, which recognizes researchers' innovative, science-driven interventions for age-related diseases
Thomas Gernay
Research matters
Fire-safety engineering delivers lifesaving value
Published May 6, 2025
A computational tool developed by Johns Hopkins civil engineer Thomas Gernay predicts how fire affects structures, leading to more resilient designs and enhanced public safety
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Research funding
JHU leaders: NIH cuts put lifesaving research, care at immediate risk
Published Feb 11, 2025
University joins lawsuit to halt NIH funding cuts, which jeopardize discoveries, treatments for a range of diseases and illnesses
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Sustainability
Inaugural Campus as a Living Lab grants awarded to 10 projects
Published Oct 25, 2024
Grant recipients will use JHU's campuses to explore solutions for the university's new sustainability goals
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Technology
Five DELTA Awards recipients announced
Published July 30, 2024
The winning proposals will receive up to $75,000 each to help innovate learning through technology
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Research
Help for faculty pursuing large grants
Published July 17, 2024
Unique among universities, Johns Hopkins' research development team helps faculty win large-scale grants with its 'secret sauce' of tailored proposal development support and cultivation of collaboration across schools and disciplines
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DELTA Teaching Forum to be held May 2
Published March 4, 2024
Hybrid event will include a discussion of the forces transforming higher education, performances by Peabody faculty and students, and a closing keynote about how universities can collaborate with surrounding communities
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Hopkins leads nation in research spending for 44th consecutive year
Published Jan 5, 2024
In FY22, JHU spent a record $3.4 billion—$1.6 billion more than the next highest institution on the annual list compiled by the National Science Foundation
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Technology
Five DELTA Awards recipients announced
Published July 17, 2023
The winning proposals will receive up to $75,000 each to help innovate learning through technology