Maria Kamenetska, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Wins Moore Foundation Award to Push “Boundaries of Experimental Physics”
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative is provides investigators with $1.35 million over five years to give these scientists the flexibility to accelerate breakthroughs.
Diana Anderson, Assistant Professor of Neurology, receives Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking grant from The Greenwall Foundation
BU Researcher Receives Bioethics Grant for Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design – Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a one-year, $50,000 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking grant from The Greenwall Foundation for her project, “Bioethical Evaluation in Long-Term Care Design: From Framework […]
Computer Science Faculty Earn Grants from Amazon, Foresight Institute for Advancing Privacy-Preserving Computing and AI
John Liagouris (Assistant Professor, Computer Science) received an Amazon Research Award in Cryptography to advance secure multiparty computation, or MPC, a technology that allows multiple parties to jointly analyze data without revealing their individual information. The project will address key technical barriers that have limited the technology’s adoption, translating recent advances in cryptography into scalable […]
Wally Fulweiler (Professor, Earth & Environment, Biology) presents at annual meeting for Simon Foundation’s Pivot Fellowship
The Simons Foundation’s Pivot Fellowship program held its annual meeting on April 8, 2026. Simons Foundation President David Spergel opened the meeting, highlighting the foundation’s mission and the need for more truly transformative science, which the Pivot Fellowships aim to support. BU computer and data scientist Mark Crovella described his work, which currently focuses on […]
Bob Woodruff Foundation provides additional funding to two CAMED programs, WoVeN and SAH-C
The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) has given a one-year grant to Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine for the continued expansion of the Women Veterans Network (WoVeN), a national, peer support network led by women veterans, for women veterans. Additionally, BWF has provided funding for one year for Strength at Home Couples (SAH-C), […]
SAR’s Aging Reentry Community Reintegration initiative receives grant from Point32Health Foundation
The grant supports a first in-the-nation unit developed for incarcerated men aged 55+ to successfully transition back to the community. The initiative provides specialized and mandatory treatment programs focused on the specific needs of this aging population. It also provides training to officers and other staff in and out of the prison system to better […]
Hartwell Award Honors ENG Assistant Professor Miguel Jimenez for Advancing Next-Generation Microbial Medicine
“Jimenez is leading a lab that intersects synthetic biology, biomedical engineering, and advanced technology. His interdisciplinary approach recently earned him the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, which supports innovative early-stage biomedical research with the potential to improve children’s health. For Jimenez, the award will help accelerate one of the lab’s most promising efforts: developing new […]
Antreas Charidimou, Assistant Professor of Neurology at CAMED, Receives $9M Grant from Leducq Foundation
Charidimou is an assistant professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the assistant medical director for the BU Center for Brain Recovery. He will co-lead the project with his international collaborator Marcel Verbeek, PhD, MSc, from Radboud University Medical Center (Netherlands). BU is the leading coordinating center. The goal of […]
Rhodora Therese Torres, PhD student at SAR, receives PhRMA Foundation’s Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research Award
Predoctoral fellowships provide $30,000 a year of stipend support for up to two years. The project is called Real-World Assessment of Gait and Sleep for Early Identification of Pain Flares in People With Knee Osteoarthritis.
Casey Taft, Professor of Psychiatry at MED, awarded grant from Arnold Ventures to fund “Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State.”
Casey Taft has been awarded a $298,139 grant from Arnold Ventures to fund his 4-year project, “Evaluating Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Use in Washington State.” Using this grant money from Arnold Ventures, Taft and his team will compare the effectiveness of different interventions using data analysis to examine reductions in primary outcome of physical […]