Name an Initiative
A naming gift establishes an initiative in your name or your organization's name. You help define its focus, fund its launch, and carry your values into the work from day one.
Upcoming Initiatives
Every Initiative Starts With a Fellow and a Vision
As the Auster Center recruits and appoints new Faculty and Research Fellows, new initiatives take shape—each one grounded in Tufts expertise and oriented toward real-world impact. The domains listed here reflect the Center's strategic priorities for growth, informed by Tufts' depth across its schools and the challenges that most urgently call for applied innovation.
An initiative in development is more than a placeholder. It is an invitation—to the right researcher who wants to lead it, the right partner who wants to support it, and the right donor who wants to name it and help define its future.
Initiatives in Development
Health & Medicine
- Medical Innovation
- Medical Technologies Innovation
- Regenerative Medicine Innovation
- Brain Health Innovation
- Innovation in Improving Health Outcomes
- Innovation in Infection and Immunity
- Innovation in Aging
Society & Democracy
- Social Innovation
- Innovation in Advancing Democracy
- Educational Innovation
Food & Agriculture
- Agricultural Innovation
- Cellular Agriculture Innovation
Technology & Security
- Defense Innovation
- Cybersecurity Innovation
- Artificial Intelligence Innovation
- Robotics Innovation
Environment & Sustainability
- Energy Innovation
- Environmental Innovation
- Sustainability Innovation
- Materials Innovation
Economy & Enterprise
- Corporate Innovation
- Financial Innovation
Lead an Initiative
Are you a Tufts researcher ready to direct applied innovation work in your field? The Auster Center Fellows program is designed for researchers like you. Fellows receive a peer network, expert support, and funding—and the platform to build something that lasts.
Support What's Coming Next
Each initiative in development represents a naming opportunity for a donor, foundation, or organization whose values align with the domain. A named initiative carries your identity into the work—into the Fellows who lead it, the students it trains, the partnerships it builds, and the impact it creates.
There are several ways to get involved before an initiative launches:
Endow a Fellowship
Every initiative is led by a Fellow. Endowing a Fellowship puts your name behind the researcher who will build and direct the work for years to come.
Make a Gift
General support funds the programs, training, and infrastructure that help new initiatives get off the ground. Every contribution accelerates what's possible.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, we would welcome the conversation.