{"id":12742,"date":"2021-05-07T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2021-05-18T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:02:55","slug":"buzz-bits-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2021\/05\/07\/buzz-bits-14\/","title":{"rendered":"BUzz Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"><span>BU IN DC<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thea James <\/strong>of the <strong>School of Medicine <\/strong>testified at a Congressional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=7875742e86&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hearing<\/a><\/strong> on ending hunger in America on April 28th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Associate Provost for Computing &amp; Data Sciences Azer Bestavros<\/strong> attended a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=45f4e13a26&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>meeting<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of the National Science Foundation\u2019s Computer &amp; Information Science &amp; Engineering Advisory Committee, of which he is a member, on May 5th and 6th.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"><span>BUZZ BITS&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>President Robert A. Brown urged Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=21f454605e&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>support the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Future Act <\/strong><\/a>(H.R. 2225) in a letter sent to Capitol Hill yesterday. The bill would be the first comprehensive reauthorization of the NSF in more than a decade, expanding support for graduate education and creating a new directorate focused on bringing scientific and engineering solutions to the public.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that Richard Cordray would be the next <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=72e6f89bec&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid<\/a><\/strong>. Cordray led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the Obama Administration, and is expected to enact strict oversight of both the student lending industry and for-profit colleges.<\/li>\n<li>Former Senator Bill Nelson was sworn in as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=b76644c309&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/strong><\/a> (NASA) on Monday. Nelson represented the state of Florida in the U.S. Senate for 17 years and traveled to the moon during his tenure in Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"><span>NIH RELEASES MINORITY HEALTH RESEARCH PLAN<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released its Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan for 2021-2025, in conjunction with the\u00a0NIH UNITE\u00a0diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative. It will drive many of the new research opportunities NIH plans to release on health disparities, minority health, and health equity.\u00a0The plan contains several future initiatives that the NIH describes as its \u201cLeap Forward\u201d priorities, including reducing new HIV infections in minority communities by 75 percent and increasing the number of underrepresented biomedical scientists by 25 percent by 2030.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=2191cfba6f&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">GRANTS NEWS YOU CAN USE<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Are you struggling with the Broader Impacts statement in your National Science Foundation (NSF) grant applications? NSF recently shared advice for applicants who need help navigating this crucial section of the agency&#8217;s merit review process. The post details the difference between &#8220;broadening participation&#8221; in science and &#8220;broader impacts,&#8221; points to online resources for advancing research in society, explains the five criteria grant reviewers will measure your Broader Impacts statement against, and shares a recent Dear Colleague from the agency&#8217;s social science directorate on how to use a structured framework as you develop your Broader Impacts statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=9886339a71&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU IN DC Thea James of the School of Medicine testified at a Congressional hearing on ending hunger in America on April 28th. 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