Recent Grants
Assistant Professors Hadi Nia and Brianne Connizzo announced as Hevolution/AFAR New Investigators in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research
The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and Hevolution Foundation announced the third cohort of the Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awardees in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research. This program enables junior investigators with labs in the US and Canada, and with at least three years of independent research, to advance research projects... More
For Barr Foundation’s new head, this is a homecoming.
Ali Noorani cut his teeth as a nonprofit leader in Boston. Now he’s back to lead one of the dynamic foundations in the region. By Adrian Walker Globe Columnist,Updated December 10, 2025, When Ali Noorani left Boston in 2008 — after years as a high-profile activist, most notably on immigration issues —... More
Sarah Davies, Associate Professor of Biology, receives 2025 Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
The Pivot Fellowship is open to faculty in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, data science and computer science at academic institutions or equivalent positions elsewhere. Pivot fellows receive support to apply their skills and expertise to a new area of research. Fellows receive support for one year of mentored training in... More
With a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship, Earth & Environment professor Wally Fulweiler is learning data science
With the support of a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship, Wally Fulweiler is spending this school year studying data science and building a new tool that could greatly expand her research as an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist.
School of Theology Receives $1 million from Lilly Endowment to Build a Support Network of New England Churches
A new BU STH initiative seeks to give churches across the region a boost of hope by convening groups of ordained and lay leaders to share resources and feel more connected. The New Wineskins Network, funded with a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow initiative, will create small... More