BU-Led Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Receives $31.5 Million Funding Renewal
National Institute on Aging’s five-year grant will help researchers advance understanding of Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
NSF Awards Boston University $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network
Automated, AI-driven labs can remotely run experiments for researchers across the country.
BU Leaders Ask Federal Government to Reconsider Changes to Research Grants’ Approval Process Rules
University’s letter says changes “would limit scientific discovery by injecting uncertainty”.
Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI
AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions includes MIT, Harvard, and other leading local universities.
Early-Career Faculty Funding: Opportunities, Resources, and Strategies for Success
BU Research Development, Foundation Relations, Federal Relations and Washington, DC-based consulting firm Lewis-Burke Associates hosted a webinar outlining key resources available to early-career faculty in today’s evolving funding landscape on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Best of The Brink 2025: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Impactful Ideas from Boston University Researchers
From soft robots that could make cancer surgery safer to an algorithm that boosts hearing aid performance, how BU research made a difference this year.
National Science Foundation Honors 6 BU Researchers with CAREER Awards
Recognition as rising stars from the NSF will support projects on safer robots, more trustworthy healthcare AI, and other computer science–infused innovations.
BU Engineers Are Helping to Bring Semiconductor Production Back to the US
Researcher Ayse Coskun talks about how the University is well positioned to help the nation stay on top of chip technology.
Strategies for Pursuing Department of Defense Research Funding
BU Federal Relations and BU Research hosted a Zoom workshop on pursuing Department of Defense research funding on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors.