School of Theology receives $1M from Lilly Endowment to launch “New Wineskins Network”
The five-year initiative, co-led by Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd and Dr. Chad D. Moore, will strengthen partnerships among local congregations, clergy, and seminary leaders, addressing contemporary challenges facing pastors and seminarians while developing new models of ministry formation.
Meet the Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (10/1/25)
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Ann McKee, Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Pathology, receives Zenith Fellows Award
The prestigious $450,000 award from the Alzheimer’s Association comes in support of Dr. McKee’s acceleration of research on CTE and dementia.
Brian DePasquale, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, receives inaugural Scialog Neurobiology award
The three-year project will use an AI approach to address the threat of climate change to marine ecosystems by predicting how marine species will respond to environmental stress.
Meet the Funded: Securing Graduate Student Funding (8/7/25)
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Chair of Occupational Therapy receives PCORI funding to support engagement in research
Professor Emily Rothman will receive funding through PCORI’s Engagement Award Program for a project focused on improving colonoscopy access, participation and patient experience for autistic adults.
School of Theology professor receives $5.2M grant from Templeton Foundation
Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion & Theology Steven J. Sandage co-leads the project, which will develop training tools that integrate treatment research on relational virtues and human flourishing in psychotherapy.
Three Chemistry faculty receive Petroleum Research Fund grants
Assistant Professors Joseph DeRosa and Minjung Son both received Doctoral New Investigator Grants; Professor Linda Doerrer received a New Directions grant. The Petroleum Research Fund is an initiative of the American Chemical Society.
Meet the Funder: BrightFocus Foundation (7/10/25)
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BU’s first Carnegie Fellow studies how neighborhoods influence political partisanship
Jacob Brown, assistant professor of political science, received the prestigious award of $200,000 for high-caliber scholarship. He researches political homogeneity, beginning in childhood.