Recent Grants
SPIE and BU endow $1-million Scholarship in Photonics
SPIE's gift of $500,000, matched by BU, will support students at the BU Photonics Center. SPIE has made 12 major gifts to universities in support of optics and photonics education, research, and talent development.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds BU-NYU project to develop new cell engineering technology
Ahmad (Mo) Khalil, professor of biomedical engineering, leads the $1.5 million-funded project, which could result in improvements in cell therapies by streamlining the engineering of mammalian cells.
Two medical school assistant professors receive Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Awards
Florian Douam, PhD, assistant professor of virology, immunology, and microbiology, and Jessica L. Fetterman, assistant professor of medicine, were both selected to receive $400,000 for basic science research.
Hartwell Foundation award supports development of novel vaccine for bacterial infections
Michelle Teplensky, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received an Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation to develop a vaccine targeting illnesses caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.
Wally Fulweiler, professor of biology and earth & environment, named to third cohort of Simons Foundation Pivot Fellows
The fellowship will support Dr. Fulweiler in creating a research program in data science focused on coastal systems, which will lead to the creation of a data-driven taxonomy for coastal environments.