Improving Your Relationship with Federal Research Agencies
Every federal research agency is different. This March 2017 workshop from Research and Federal Relations explained how to work with different funders to give you the best possible chance to receive support for your research. Presenters from BU Federal Relations and Washington, DC, consulting firm Lewis-Burke Associates described most successful ways to introduce yourself or […]
How the Trump Administration Could Impact Research
Federal Relations’ Jennifer Grodsky on the uncertainties ahead for BU There are a lot of unknowns about the impact the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress will have on federally funded research at BU and other universities. Photo by Kkolosov/iStock. As Donald Trump assumes the presidency, Boston University and other higher education institutions face […]
The Dyslexia Paradox
Differences in how the brain adapts to sights and sounds could be at the root of reading disorder Tyler Perrachione looks for the source of reading disorders, like dyslexia, in the brain. Photo (right) by Jackie Ricciardi. It’s there, at the start of every conversation: the moment it takes your brain to adjust to an […]
BU-Led Neuroscientists Get $7.5 Million from US Navy
CAS prof oversees multicenter effort on brain’s rule learning Michael Hasselmo, director of BU’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, is principal investigator on the Navy grant. “How do brain circuits mediate learning rules of different types?” he asks. “To me, this is a central question of brain research.” Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Learning new rules is […]
Bucking Trends, BU Outside Funding Continues to Rise
Team behind the scenes keeps the money coming in Amy Lieberman, an SED assistant professor of deaf studies, says BU “made it clear that my research was going to be valued and supported here. It’s a big part of the reason I came.” Photo by Cydney Scott. The chart of United States R&D funding, as […]
BU Researchers Get State-of-the-Art MRI Scanner
$1.6 million from NSF for centerpiece of new Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging The Siemens 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner will be housed within the new Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering building, on BU’s Charles River Campus. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Boston University researchers $1.6 […]
NSF Funding Opportunities for Broadening STEM Participation
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, STELAR hosted a special webinar on behalf of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) highlighting upcoming funding opportunities within EHR especially aimed at broadening participation in STEM. Watch the webinar Download the presentation slides
Engineering Dean Named to NSF Engineering Panel
Joins leaders from academia and industry who provide advice on support for research, education Kenneth R. Lutchen, dean of the Boston University College of Engineering. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Kenneth R. Lutchen, dean of Boston University College of Engineering, has been appointed to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advisory Committee for Engineering, a panel of […]
GROWing in the Lab
High school women get hands-on experience in scientific research Delaney Griffiths (left), a senior at Westwood High School, gets some advice about her experiment from mentor Kelsey Williford (MED’21), a neuroscientist, as part of the GROW program, which brings area high school students into BU research labs for the summer. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Delaney […]
Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill
Grad students learn to lobby for policy, funding Graduate students in the sciences learn how to advocate for science on Capitol Hill in the Making Our CASE: Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshops. Photo by Nicolas Raymond via Creative Commons license. The federal government funds about 80 percent of the research conducted at Boston […]