The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH has released the following funding opportunity announcement for which applications are now being accepted. Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-005 Opportunity Title: National Lupus […]
Release Date: April 21, 2021 | Application Deadline: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is dedicated to building a national Culture of Health that enables all in our diverse society to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. Recognizing that health inequities in the United States are strongly linked […]
BU Biomedical Engineering and the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute are pleased to announce a renewed phase of our collaborative program, theBridge BUilders Initiative. The Initiative is designed to accelerate development of clinician-inspired medical device innovations by partnering with team with expertise in engineering design and product development. Bridge BUilders invites physicians, dental clinicians and other […]
How could studying gastrointestinal cells help the fight against COVD-19, which is a respiratory disease? According to a team led by Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, at the BU/BMC Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and Elke Mühlberger, PhD, from the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), testing how SARS-CoV-2 affects the gut can potentially serve to […]
Boston University College of Engineering Presents The Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture Award Event WEBINAR Lecture Award Speaker: Yannis Paschalidis, Ph.D., Professor (ECE, BME, SE) “Data Science and Optimization Adventures in Computational Biology and Medicine” Thursday, May 6, 2021 Lecture 4:00 PM, ET Q&A & Closing Remarks 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM, ET The Charles DeLisi […]
Request For Proposals The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is calling for applications for our 2021 Research and Policy Teams Program (R&P Teams). Part of the core mission of the Center’s work is developing problem-centered and solution-oriented R&P Teams to exhaustively research and develop policy correctives for issues of critical racial inequity or injustice. We would […]
Timeline Application Due Date: May 25, 2021 Notice of Participation: June 1, 2021 Program Start Date: June 21, 2021 Program End Date: September 2, 2021 The C3i Program is designed to provide medical device innovators with specialized business frameworks and essential tools for the successful translation of biomedical technologies from the lab (concept) to the market (clinic). Through this […]
Notices of Special Interest: Three Funding Opportunities Supporting Women’s, Including Maternal, Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released three notices of special interest (NOSIs) announcing funding opportunities that support research on improving women’s, including maternal, health. Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health Notice Number: NOT-EB-21-001 First Available Due Date: […]
The COVID-19 Related Research funds sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute aim to support research investigators through funding opportunities for novel and innovative clinical and translational research. In response to the unprecedented pandemic, we’ve awarded $420,934 to 20 research investigators who have spearheaded cutting-edge research on COVID-19. We are proud to share nine […]
Volume 10 │ Issue 03│ March 24, 2021 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE In this message, Christopher P. Austin, M.D., announced that he will step down from his role as a director on April 15, 2021. Deputy Director Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D., will serve as an acting the director while a national search for a new NCATS the director is […]