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WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts

Total Received

$85.1M

Total Awards

46

State

Massachusetts

Last Updated

Mar 20, 2026

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Top 46 Awards to WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through March 20, 2026.

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Top 46 Awards to WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
AwardAwarding AgencyProgramPlaceFYObligation
ASST_NON_RM1HG009490_075
CENTER FOR GENOMIC EDITING AND RECORDING: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NEXT-GENERATION GENOME AND EPIGENOME EDITING METHODS TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASE -…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.172
HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$20,292,624
ASST_NON_R01MH104610_075
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONDENSATES, EPIGENETIC EDITING AND RETT SYNDROME - ABSTRACT RETT SYNDROME (RTT) IS A POSTNATAL PROGRESSIVE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MENT…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.242
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS
MA-902025$7,419,616
ASST_NON_R35CA220487_075
EPI-GENETIC PROGRAMS IN CANCER PROGRESSION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: MUCH OF CURRENT MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY RESEARCH IS GROUNDED ON THE PARADIGM THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF CANCER CELLS AN…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.396
CANCER BIOLOGY RESEARCH
MA-902025$7,290,625
ASST_NON_R35GM118135_075
POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION - PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE): BARTEL, DAVID P. TITLE: POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION PROJECT SUMMARY:…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$6,229,020
ASST_NON_R35GM126930_075
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF KINETOCHORE FUNCTION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE GOAL OF MY LABORATORY IS TO DEFINE THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BY WHICH ACCURATE CELL DIVISION OCCURS. OUR E…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$6,219,487
ASST_NON_R01AI158501_075
DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF CHRONIC TOXOPLASMOSIS - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT CHRONIC TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTIONS ARE WIDESPREAD AND THEIR REACTIVATION CAN CAUSE LIFE-THREAT…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.855
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$3,264,053
ASST_NON_R35GM144283_075
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT  TRANSCRIPTION IS A FUNDAMENTAL CELLULAR PROCESS WHOSE PROPER REGULATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISHMENT AND…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$3,194,028
ASST_NON_DP2DK136123_075
BIOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS OF MAMMALIAN HIBERNATION-LIKE STATES - PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE): HRVATIN, SINISA PROJECT SUMMARY: LIFE ON EARTH HAS E…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.310
TRANS-NIH RESEARCH SUPPORT
MA-902025$2,925,000
ASST_NON_DP2HD108777_075
SYSTEMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL COMMUNICATION IN ORGAN DEVELOPMENT - PROJECT SUMMARY MESENCHYMAL CELLS ARE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF TISSUE STROMA AND BEST KNOWN FOR…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.310
TRANS-NIH RESEARCH SUPPORT
MA-902024$2,918,081
ASST_NON_DP1DA044337_075
DELINEATING GENETIC RISK TO ADDICTION VIA ANALYSIS OF 3D CHROMATIN ARCHITECTURE - PROJECT SUMMARY: ADDITION TO OPIOIDS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS ARE ONE OF THE MOST URGENT PUB…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.279
DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION RESEARCH PROGRAMS
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$2,778,750
ASST_NON_R37HD041900_075
GERM CELL MIGRATION IN DROSOPHILA
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$2,582,756
ASST_NON_R01AI144369_075
CONTROL OF PARASITE INVASION BY A MICRONEME PROTEIN COMPLEX CONSERVED IN APICOMPLEXANS - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES INCLUDE THE ETIOLOGIC AGENTS OF MANY WI…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.855
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$2,437,500
ASST_NON_R35GM145345_075
STEM CELL AND REGENERATION REGULATORY MECHANISMS IN PLANARIANS - PROJECT SUMMARY THE CAPACITY TO REGULATE STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS FOR REGENERATION IS WIDESPREAD IN THE ANIMAL KI…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$1,950,000
ASST_NON_R35GM145321_075
FUNCTION AND MECHANISMS OF EPIGENETIC STABILITY AND DYNAMICS IN ARABIDOPSIS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS REGULATE GENOME FUNCTION. MY RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$1,950,000
ASST_NON_2101337_049
THE FUNCTION AND PROPERTIES OF RNA POLYMERASE IV IN SEED DEVELOPMENT -THIS RESEARCH INVESTIGATES THE MECHANISMS THAT CONTROL SUCCESSFUL PLANT SEED DEVELOPMENT. PLANT SEEDS ARE FUN…
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
47.074
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$1,496,376
ASST_NON_R35GM151111_075
ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR FUNCTIONS OF POLYAMINES - PROJECT SUMMARY POLYAMINES ARE SMALL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WITH TWO OR MORE AMINE GROUPS. THESE EVOLUTIONARILY ANCIENT…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$1,462,500
ASST_NON_R01CA279259_075
KRAS INHIBITORS PRIME CANCER CELLS FOR MACROPHAGE-MEDIATED DESTRUCTION - PROJECT SUMMARY APPROXIMATELY 20% OF ALL HUMAN CANCERS CONTAIN A MUTATION IN THE KRAS ONCOGENE THAT DRIVES…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.395
CANCER TREATMENT RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$1,315,886
ASST_NON_R01HD110546_075
PROTECTING AND SUSTAINING GERM CELL IDENTITY - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT GERM CELLS HAVE THE EXTRAORDINARY POTENTIAL TO GENERATE EVERY CELL TYPE IN THE BODY. YET, THE MOLECULAR PRO…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$1,253,558
ASST_NON_DP5OD037342_075
LEVERAGING CELL-DERIVED BIOPARTICLES FOR MACROMOLECULAR DELIVERY - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT MANY EMERGING THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES EMPLOY MACROMOLECULES, LIKE PROTEINS OR RNAS,…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.310
TRANS-NIH RESEARCH SUPPORT
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$975,000
ASST_NON_R01AI197409_075
CONTROL OF HOST INVASION BY PROTEIN COMPLEXES CONSERVED ACROSS APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT HOW APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES RECOGNIZE HOST CELLS TO INVADE THEM…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.855
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072026$899,850
ASST_NON_W81XWH2210829_097
DESIGNING NOVEL STRATEGIES TO TARGET TUMOR-PROMOTING FUNCTIONS OF PANCREATIC CANCER FIBROBLAST SUBTYPES INCORPORATE REVISED STATEMENT OF WORK 1. PER SECTION 711 OF THE NATIONAL DE…
Department of Defense
Defense Health Agency
12.420
MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072025$582,839
ASST_NON_R21AG072511_075
DEFINING MOLECULAR SIGNATURES UNDERLYING LYSOSOMAL DYSFUNCTION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - LYSOSOMES ARE MEMBRANE-BOUND DEGRADATIVE COMPARTMENTS THAT BREAK DOWN MACROMOLECULES FROM E…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.866
AGING RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$536,250
ASST_NON_DP5OD042638_075
DECODING FUNCTIONAL CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION TO UNCOVER CELLULAR STATE MODULATION, TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS, AND DISEASE GENETICS - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT ALTHOUGH RECENT ADVANCEMEN…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.121
ORAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS RESEARCH
MA-902026$487,500
ASST_NON_K00CA234921_075
THE ROLE OF LYSOSOMAL DEREGULATION IN CANCER PROGRESSION - PROJECT SUMMARY  AGGRESSIVE METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR I…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.398
CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER
MA-902025$393,965
ASST_NON_K01DK123197_075
NEURONAL PATHWAYS REGULATING METABOLIC ADAPTATION - PROJECT SUMMARY TWO THIRDS OF THE US POPULATION ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. STABLY LOWERING THE BODY WEIGHT IS HIGHLY CHALLENGING…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.847
DIABETES, DIGESTIVE, AND KIDNEY DISEASES EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$385,206
ASST_NON_K99GM154143_075
COMBINATORIAL SIGNAL INTEGRATION IN THE MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL OF ADULT GERMLINE STEM CELL FATE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THROUGHOUT AN ORGANISM’S LIFETIME, ADULT STEM CELLS (AS…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072025$325,600
ASST_NON_K00CA253729_075
TUMOR AND IMMUNE CELL DYNAMICS DURING IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CANCER PROGRESSION - PROJECT SUMMARY TREATMENT OF CANCER HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED BY IMMUNOTHERAPIES THAT AIM TO REACTIVATE TUM…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.398
CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER
MA-902024$319,657
ASST_NON_K99HD115278_075
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST VERTEBRATE BRAIN: A NEW MODEL FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION AND REGENERATION RESEARCH - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT REGENERATION IS WIDESPREAD AND VARIABLE IN TH…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$271,728
ASST_NON_K99HD113821_075
UNCOVERING THE MECHANISMS THAT PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN GERM CELL IDENTITY - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT GERM CELLS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE EVERY CELL TYPE IN THE BODY. SPECIFIED…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
MA-902024$271,728
ASST_NON_K99GM151487_075
GENETIC AND BIOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF MORPHOGEN GRADIENT FORMATION - PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: SCHLISSEL, GAVIN PROJECT SUMMARY ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSIOLOGY REQUIRE REGULAR COMMU…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$250,000
ASST_NON_F32HD111257_075
MATERNAL ORGANELLE CONTRIBUTION TO OFFSPRING GERMLINE HEALTH - PROJECT SUMMARY ORGANELLES ENGAGE IN HOMEOSTATIC PROCESSES TO IMPROVE CELLULAR HEALTH. HOWEVER, SOME ORGANELLE PROTE…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
MA-902024$216,138
ASST_NON_K00CA284259_075
MECHANISMS OF GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION IN PANCREATIC CANCER - PROJECT SUMMARY PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA (PDAC) IS PREDICTED TO BECOME THE SECOND DEADLIEST CANCER WITHIN…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.398
CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$211,459
ASST_NON_K00CA284289_075
INVESTIGATING RETROTRANSPOSON ACTIVITY-MEDIATED EMT PLASTICITY AND IMMUNE CELL DYSFUNCTION IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA - PROJECT SUMMARY LUNG AND PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCA…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.398
CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER
STANFORD, CA-162024$211,032
ASST_NON_F32CA254216_075
RNA-MEDIATED FEEDBACK CONTROL OF ONCOGENIC TRANSCRIPTION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT CONDENSATE MODELS OF TRANSCRIPTION IN WHICH DYNAMIC, MEMBRANELESS BODIES IN THE NUCLEUS CONCENT…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.398
CANCER RESEARCH MANPOWER
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$194,199
ASST_NON_W81XWH2110260_097
TOWARD PHARMACOLOGICAL RESCUE OF TSC LOSS OF FUNCTION DE-OBLIGATE FUNDS TO CLOSE AWARD 1. PER SECTION 711 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) 2019, THE US ARMY MEDICA…
Department of Defense
Defense Health Agency
12.420
MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072025$183,719
ASST_NON_K99HG014205_075
EXPLORING TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTATION: THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AND IMPACT ON HUMAN GENETICS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT MUTATIONS CAN LEAD TO A WIDE-VARIETY OF GENETIC DISEASES. RECEN…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.172
HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
MA-902025$178,416
ASST_NON_K99EY037340_075
SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND MECHANISTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL OXIDATIVE PROTECTIVE GENES TO PREVENT RPE DEGENERATION - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENER…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.867
VISION RESEARCH
MA-902025$173,016
ASST_NON_F32MH134541_075
MECHANISMS GOVERNING POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF NEURONAL MICRORNAS - PROJECT SUMMARY MANY ASPECTS OF NEURAL PLASTICITY REQUIRE CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION, EITHER BY ALTERI…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.242
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH GRANTS
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$156,980
ASST_NON_20226701336493_012
HERBAL MEDICINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND PRACTICED BY MULTIPLE INDIGENOUS CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD FOR MILLENNIA. IN MODERN MEDICINE, OF THE 175 THERAPEUTIC SMALL MOLECULES APPROVE…
Department of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
10.310
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE (AFRI)
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$150,373
ASST_NON_F32GM143850_075
REPROGRAMMING TOWARDS A GERMLINE STEM CELL FATE - PROJECT SUMMARY GERMLINE CELLULAR IMMORTALITY UNDERLIES THE CONTINUATION OF ALL SEXUALLY REPRODUCING SPECIES. RECENT WORK HAS IDE…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902025$150,248
ASST_NON_F32GM140745_075
MECHANISMS OF MITOCHONDRIAL INHERITANCE - PAMULA ADMIN CHILDCARE SUPPLEMENT - PROJECT SUMMARY THE SURVIVAL OF EUKARYOTIC SPECIES DEPENDS ON THE FAITHFUL TRANSMISSION OF BOTH NUCLE…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$138,053
ASST_NON_F32AI181510_075
INVESTIGATING DIFFERENTIATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REACTIVATION OF THE TOXOPLASMA CHRONIC STAGE - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT TOXOPLASMA GONDII IS ONE OF THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PARASITE…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.855
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$134,372
ASST_NON_F32GM150241_075
DECIPHERING TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL IN STEM CELLS - PROJECT SUMMARY TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL IS CRITICAL FOR A VARIETY OF CELLULAR PROCESSES SUCH AS HOMEOSTASIS AND DIFFERENTIATION. DY…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.859
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
MA-902024$132,501
ASST_NON_K99HD118574_075
SPATIALLY-RESOLVED, INTEGRATED CELL STATE AND LINEAGE TRACING TO DEFINE PROGENITOR CELL DYNAMICS IN EARLY MOUSE DEVELOPMENT - PROJECT SUMMARY: MAMMALIAN DEVELOPMENT IS A PROBABILI…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.865
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
MA-902025$125,000
ASST_NON_K99HG012887_075
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF MAMMALIAN CELL FATE TRANSITIONS OVER TIME AND SPACE WITH SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS - PROJECT SUMMARY DESPITE REMARKABLE ADVANCES IN SINGLE-CELL PROFILING, MACHIN…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.172
HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$85,045
ASST_NON_R13HG011198_075
CENTROMERE BIOLOGY GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT CENTROMERES REMAIN PERHAPS THE MOST ENIGMATIC REGIONS OF THE GENOME, EVEN THOUGH THEY PROVIDE THE FOUNDATI…
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
93.172
HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA-072024$10,000

Top 46 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.