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Now Open: 2027 Ignition Awards Applications are now open for the 2027 Ignition Awards. Faculty are invited to submit pre-proposals by November 13 for funding and advisory support to help move promising innovations toward real-world products and services. The Ignition Awards support technical and business milestones—from demonstrating proof of concept and developing prototypes to assessing […]

Graduate Certificate in Community-Engaged Research for Health

Introducing a New Collaboration Message Board

I am pleased to announce the launch of a new Collaboration Message Board designed to strengthen research partnerships between Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. This platform was created to address a critical need within our research community: facilitating meaningful connections between basic scientists and clinical researchers working in […]

Important Seminars

Please see the important upcoming seminars below: BU Entrepreneurship Seminar Series for Research Translation: Startup Basics & Intro to Founders Workbench :https://luma.com/ddc7rnm4 Tipps for Grantseeking Success: https://www.bu.edu/foundations/resources/tips-for-grantseeking-success/ Entrepreneurship Seminar Series for Research Translation: Things to Consider: Developing a Manufacturable Therapy: https://www.bu.edu/research/events-updates-trainings/full-calendar/?eid=320609&oid=0

Pragmatic Research and Innovation in Methods and Ethnography (PRIME) Program

The PRIME Program is a NIH – National Institute on Drug Abuse supported (R25DA065390) training initiative designed to equip participants with skills to incorporate pragmatic ethnographic methods into substance use research, service delivery improvements, and implementation efforts.

Health Care Systems Scholars Program of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory/Transforming Dementia Care

Health Care Systems Scholars Program Program Overview The Health Care Systems Scholars Program fosters durable partnerships between investigators and health care systems, advances system-informed research priorities, and lays the groundwork for future embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) in dementia care. This program supports mentored scholar awards that immerse mid-career investigators within health care systems (HCSs) […]

Build Effective Mentorship Ecosystems: Oct 19–22, 2026

Where the science of mentoring meets the people who practice it. Mentoring flourishes as an ecosystem, not as a single relationship. This October, the Mentoring Institute at The University of New Mexico welcomes more than 500 scholars, practitioners, and program leaders from around the world to Albuquerque to explore how high-quality developmental relationships, grounded in […]

MVP Research: From Data to Impact

VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP) is turning discoveries into more personalized care, earlier risk detection, and new approaches to treatments for Veterans. By joining more than 1 million Veterans in MVP, you can help shape the future of Veteran health care. Learn more or join today at https://www.mvp.va.gov or call 866-441-6075. The studies/programs mentioned in […]