REMINDER for Upcoming October and November NIH Deadlines
It is that time of year again when the next NIH submission cycle is quickly approaching. We know the main dates: October 5, October 16, November 5, and November 16. With this, we again remind the research community of our proposal submission policy. If we take for example the October 5th deadline, in order to […]
NIH and NSF (non-financial) Report Reminders
As the recipient of sponsored funding, Boston University is required to provide accurate, timely, and complete reports outlining the results of the sponsored awards and programs. Timely processing and submission of Non-Financial Reports are important since lack of adherence to the sponsor’s closeout requirements could affect future funding for both the Principal Investigator and the […]
Position Description: Part-time Communications Coordinator
Please apply by sending resumes directly to Director of Communications, Research Communications Coordinator, part-time, 20 hours per week As part of the communications team and reporting to the Director of Communications, University Research, the Communications Coordinator will develop and execute a variety of collateral across channels by leveraging an existing visual identity, templates, and content […]
ASC: Mouse norovirus and helicobacter no longer excluded pathogens on W8
As part of an ongoing operational review of policies and procedures at the BU Animal Science Center, research leadership has decided to no longer pursue the eradication of two excluded pathogens—mouse norovirus (MNV) and Helicobacter—among the conventional colonies on W8. They will remain excluded from all other housing spaces managed by the BUASC. This decision […]
IBC Public Meeting
Public Meeting Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Biological Laboratory Regulation, the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) of Boston University (BU) will hold its annual public meeting on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 from 1:00 PM -4:00 PM at the Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, in E-112A Conference […]
2018 Excellence in Research Administration Award
Sponsored Programs and the Office of Research are now accepting nominations for this year’s Excellence in Research Administration Award, which honors two staff members — one in central administration and the other at a school or center — for exceptional service to the University’s research mission. The award is open to all staff on the […]
BU announces 2018 Strategic Communications Series for faculty, researchers
At Boston University, we believe communication is vital to scientific endeavors, and we want to empower our faculty and community to communicate in effective, compelling, and accessible ways. Boston University’s Research Office, in collaboration with Marketing & Communications, is continuing its Strategic Communications Series in the fall and spring semesters with an exciting line up […]
INSPIR system to be decommissioned on August 31
Effective 8/31/18, INSPIR will be completely decommissioned and no longer available in read-only mode. Click, found at http://iacuc.bu.edu, is now being used for protocol submissions and contains the currently approved protocols and those presently under review. Submissions in INSPIR with an approved, disapproved, or closed status date from June 2014 to June 2018 will be […]
Guidelines for submissions, triggering events in Click
During the implementation of Click (the new IACUC software), protocol shells were created for all IACUC-approved protocols. These protocol shells consist solely of the required fields that could be mapped from the approved protocol, all other fields of the protocol form were left blank. As there are several acceptable ways to fill out the Click […]
Lessons Learned from the June NIH deadlines
As many of you know, there are “high seasons” for proposal volume and June and July certainly fall in this category. June proposals in numbers: BU Sponsored Programs processed over 220 proposals in June. Proposals submitted directly to NIH for the R01, R03, R21 deadlines = 92 Percentage of proposals finalized and submitted one day […]