Lights. Camera. Action: Broadcast Interview Tips & Tricks (2018)
Less than comfortable speaking on live TV or radio? You are not alone. However, learning how to present yourself on camera and during an interview, is key to communicating your expertise and increasing visibility for your research. Join your colleagues for a panel discussion about the broadcast industry, how it has grown beyond TV and […]
Dimensions & COS Pivot (2018)
Presented by Ellen Phillips, Open Access Specialist in the Digital Scholarship Services Department of Mugar Memorial Library BU has recently acquired a subscription for Dimensions—a database of grants, publications, citations, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents. Dimensions is an excellent tool to help you to find potential collaborators, find funding opportunities, see abstracts of funded […]
Learn About NASA’s Strategy and Funding Priorities: Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen (2018)
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen will visit Boston University to discuss NASA’s funding priorities and learn more about BU’s research partnerships with the agency. As the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, Dr. Zurbuchen is responsible for setting NASA’s science strategy. He brings a wealth of scientific research, engineering experience and hands-on knowledge to […]
The Current Changing Landscape at NSF with Focus on Geosciences (2018)
The Geosciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation (GEO) seeks to improve our understanding of the physical global environment and the processes that affect its behavior. The Directorate provides 64% of all federal funding for academic research in the atmospheric, earth, ocean, and polar sciences, helping deepen our knowledge of ecosystems and better prepare society to respond […]
Research on Tap: Global Development Policy (2018)
Despite progress in reducing poverty and increasing standard of living, more than a third of the world’s population remains underserved in health, education, and essential services. Boston University’s new Global Development Policy Center seeks to address these challenges by advancing policy-relevant research on financial stability, human well-being, and environmental sustainability. This Research on Tap session, […]
Research on Tap: War and Peace: Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives (2018)
William Tecumseh Sherman said “War is hell.” It is also an enormously complex process and problem which calls for multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches. Sherman also said, “You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war.” What are the causes of war and peace? What are the consequences of war […]
Research on Tap: Creative Research (2018)
Standard research is about innovative thinking and practice, about making and testing assumptions, performing, proposing, speculating, asking questions and paving the way for new questions or propositions to be made next time. It is about the illumination of new knowledge around an identifiable theme and question, engaging with the known in new ways, constructing, proposing […]
Research on Tap: Medicine in the Molecular Era: Single Cell Sequencing (2018)
Biological samples contain a complex ecosystem of different cell types which coordinate to perform normal tissue-related functions. These ecosystems can be disrupted in a variety of ways that contribute to disease initiation and progression. Recent advances in microfluidics and next-generation sequencing allow for very small amounts of RNA from single cells to be amplified and […]
Lab Animal Per Diem Rate Changes
Effective September 1, 2018, the University announced new lab animal per diem rates for the Charles River and Medical Campuses (exclusive of the NEIDL). The tables below reflect the costs for the current fiscal year, FY19, as well as proposed costs for the next five years. Please use these projected costs when preparing proposal submission […]
New Human Subjects System (HSS) replaces NIH’s Inclusion Management System
As part of NIH efforts to comply with 21st Century Cures requirements to enhance accountability and transparency in NIH clinical research, NIH has developed a new Human Subjects System (HSS) which consolidates human subjects and clinical trial information in one place. HSS was launched on June 9 and replaces the Inclusion Management System IMS) previously […]