The Albstein Research Scholarship is open to Johns Hopkins undergraduate and graduate students pursuing intensive research in brain science. We are accepting funding applications of up to $5,000 for a single year of research funding, to be spent before the end of spring semester (example: award funds granted in spring 2024 are available until the end of spring 2025). Special consideration will be given to projects relating to Alzheimer’s research.
Students may perform their research at any Hopkins facility, including the Homewood campus or JHMI. Funding may go toward direct research costs, travel costs (to and from research sites or conferences where the applicant will present research findings), and summer housing and living expenses if research is conducted over the summer.
How to Apply
Submit a pre-application (intent to apply) by December 21, 2025, and a final application by January 25, 2026. Click here for an overview of the application process.
Current Albstein Scholars’ Projects
Investigating the Effects of CUL1 Haploinsufficiency on Neurodevelopment in Mice
Hanish Edupuganti ’27, Neuroscience
Investigating the involvement of medial prefrontal cortex to sensory cortex projections in contextual flexibility
Xiping (Lexi) Le ’27, Neuroscience
Neuroprotective Role of Mast Cell-Specific Receptor (Mrgprb2/X2) in Multiple Sclerosis
Justina Miao ’26, Neuroscience and Psychology
PAANIB-1, a MIF nuclease inhibitor’s effects on cognitive deficits in mice with Tauopathy
Jack Shi ’27, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Unraveling the Connection Between IGF-1/mTOR Pathways and APOE4 in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Study Using Human iPSC-Derived Hippocampal Organoids
Sonya Zhang ’26, Neuroscience
Recent Albstein Scholars’ Projects
Algorithm development for translating 2D In Vivo Imaging System (IVIS) scans to 3D models of brain tumors to create a longitudinal analysis for drug efficiency studies
Joey Chan ’24, Neuroscience
Develop Cryptic Peptide ACTL6B as a CSF Biomarker of TDP-43 Loss of Function
Margery Chen ’25, Neuroscience
Novel behavioral task for self-control on human subjects
Weng I (Alisa) Leong ’26, Neuroscience
Baby, it’s cold…inside that tumor: B7-H3/CD276 and immunotherapy resistance in glioblastoma
Adam Luo ’24, Neuroscience
Smell, sound, space: olfactory-auditory integration and spatial information processing in the lateral entorhinal cortex in aging and cognitive decline
Vicky Zhu ’26, Neuroscience
Latent knowledge in APP-NL-G-F mice
Jordan Amato ’24, Neuroscience
The Neuroinflammatory Role of Mast Cell Receptor Mrgprb2 Following Ischemic Stroke
Daniel Capuzzi ’24, Neuroscience
Investigating the synergistic effect of SARS-COV-2 infection and APOE variants in predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Juliana Condoleo ’23, Neuroscience
Gut Microbiome Signatures Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Mouse Models
Lorenzo Cruz ’25, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Assessing the Barrier Function of a Tissue-Engineered Blood-Brain Barrier Model of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
Sukriti Gupta ’25, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Differential Targeting of MicroRNAs and the role of the Lin28/Let-7 MicroRNA Pathway in Mouse Models of Neuropathic Pain
Daniel Jin ’25, Neuroscience
Cell-Specific Role of BAI1 in the Mediation of Tauopathies
Suma Kotha ’24, Neuroscience
Changes in the Olfactory Bulb in Response to De-innervation and Re-innervation
Nicolas Rios ’24, Neuroscience
Drug Repurposing for Neurological Disease: An Efficient Way to Identify Potential Hit Compounds
Atri Surapaneni ’25, Public Health Studies