Recent Grants

Hewlett-Packard
Metropolitan College was selected as one of 42 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to receive a 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform teaching and improve learning in the classroom through the innovative use of technology. More››

John Templeton Foundation
Boston University's Danielsen Institute received a three-year, $330,000 grant to promote interdisciplinary conversations between psychological and theological approaches to mental and spiritual health.

Ford Foundation
The Boston Healing Landscape Project at the School of Medicine, a two-time recipient of Ford Foundation funding, received a renewal award of $400,000 over two years to explore the relationships between culture, religion, and healing, with the goal of eliminating health disparities.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Biology Professor Pam Templer in the College of Arts and Sciences received a junior faculty research grant of $300,000 to study plant ecosystems and climate change.

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
The College of Engineering obtained a five-year, $4.58 million Translational Partnership Award from the Coulter Foundation to help bridge the gap between biomedical engineering and patient care.

Wallace Research Foundation Professor of Archaeology Patricia McAnany was awarded $263,118 for her work studying the heritage of the ancient Mayan culture.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation
The School of Education was awarded a $228,472 grant to assess the long-term impacts of a family literacy program (the Intergenerational Literacy Project) on the school experiences of children.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Join Together at the School of Public Health received a grant of $749,333 to help maximize the impact of HBO's addiction treatment series and accompanying DVDs. In conjunction with the broadcast, Join Together worked with national and regional partners to organize events-town hall meetings, house parties, teach-ins, and editorial board meetings-that enabled targeted audiences in 30 media markets to view the HBO show and related materials, discuss the local implications of the program's message, and develop follow-up plans to address ways to remove the barriers to treatment and recovery that they have identified in their communities.

Surdna Foundation
A grant of $240,000 over three years will support scholarships for exceptional orchestral instrumentalists-with priority given to qualified minority students and those who demonstrate financial need-to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI). The grant also includes funding for a half-time position dedicated to fund-raising and minority student recruitment.

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
The Foundation pledged $45,000, renewable annually for four years, for current use scholarships for College of Engineering undergraduates.

Sidney Baer Foundation
The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities, received $750,000 over three years to pilot an integrative clinical services and practitioner training site.

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
A $200,000 grant will launch the Other Lives Project at the Boston University School of Medicine, which is designed to incorporate into pediatric residency training opportunities for inculcating practices of compassion and caring. The grant includes funding for local and international field experiences and the development of competency measures.

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
A renewed grant will support the participation of six more Beckman Scholars as part of the University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The award provides each Beckman Scholar with stipends for one academic year and two full summers of research in chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and medical sciences. UROP supplements the award with $4,000 grants for a second year of research funding.