Research Revealed: Early Career Funding Roadmaps
May 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community
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EARLY CAREER FUNDING
Mapping Your Research Path
Are you a rising investigator interested in attracting federal and foundation support for your research? Learn more about the customized support BU offers for identifying and securing external funding in this popular webinar recording.
Plus:
- Advice on maintaining good mental health as a researcher in a pandemic
- Information on supporting Asian and Asian American students during COVID
Find Funding
- Campus Climate Lab: Campus Climate Lab is sol
iciting ideas for research projects to advance sustainability at BU through Tuesday, May 4. - NEH Virtual Grant Workshops: Join a live, virtual workshop with program staff from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to learn about NEH grant opportunities and application requirements. Upcoming sessions will focus on Digital Humanities, Individual Scholars, and Media Projects.
- Early Career Researchers: The National Science Foundation is accepting applications for the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program through Monday, July 26. They will be hosting two virtual webinars about the program and solicitation requirements in May.
- The NSF Spring 2021 Virtual Grants Conference, June 7-11, which will provide insights into a wide range of NSF issues, including the latest on specific funding opportunities; and
- NSF 101, an informational series for the science and engineering research community, with recent posts on how to work with your NSF program officer and funding opportunities for early career researchers.
- NSF-funded Researchers: Faculty and administrators managing NSF grants are encouraged to take advantage of relevant resources and events, including:
- The NSF Spring 2021 Virtual Grants Conference, June 7-11, which will provide insights into a wide range of NSF issues, including the latest on specific funding opportunities; and
- NSF 101, an informational series for the science and engineering research community, with recent posts on how to work with your NSF program officer and funding opportunities for early career researchers.
- Limited Submission Funding Opportunities: Limited submission funding, as well as other requests for proposal, are pushed out through associate deans for research and also publicized in BU’s Research Support funding feed for increased visibility. Anyone interested in listing a research opportunity should reach out to Joe Farmer.
Manage an Award
- Purchasing, Contractors, and Consultants: The next Coffee with Colleagues for research and department administrators, Wednesday, May 12, will feature a discussion on Ariba, contracted services, consultants, and the administration of purchasing cards.
- Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the publication of the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement. This revision is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2020.
- NASA-funded Researchers: NASA’s Science Mission Directorate unveiled a new website for NASA-sponsored researchers about work-life balance, NASA-provided wellness resources, and available leave options.
Conducting Research
- Personal Electronics in the Lab: Environmental Health & Safety, in coordination with the Laboratory Safety Committee, has developed a new policy that sets forth best practices for the use of personal electronic devices when engaged in laboratory activities in which there is a reasonable risk of exposure to hazardous material.
Bring to Impact
- The Journey to Impact: How do you get your idea into the hands of the people it could help? What’s the difference between an invention and an innovation? Rana K. Gupta, Director of Faculty Entrepreneurship, answers common questions about bringing research to market in his latest blog post.
- Spark Program: Technology Development invites faculty, PhDs, and postdocs to apply for Spark, a three-week idea-to-market program from the New England Innovation Corps. The NSF-created program aims to broaden the impact of academic research through virtual discussions and the process of “customer discovery” to better understand potential customers.
Notes & News
- The Office of Research is soliciting event topic suggestions for our two signature event series: Research on Tap, which features highlights from current BU research; and Research How-to Workshops, which help members of BU’s research community to build their research toolkit. Learn more about each series and submit ideas on our website.
- Boston University and Red Hat have extended their partnership, the Red Hat Collaboratory hosted at BU’s Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, for five years. The agreement includes a donation by Red Hat of software subscriptions valued at $551.9 million and a commitment of $20 million to support research and education in open source and emerging technologies.
- Professor Josephine Halvorson, Art (CFA), and Lecturer William Giraldi, Writing (CAS), were honored with Guggenheim Fellowships.
- Associate Professor Nathan Jones, Special Education (Wheelock), was named to a new committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine tasked with charting the future of the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the US Department of Education.
- Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Ibram X. Kendi, History (CAS) and Director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research, was named one of the 100 Most Influential Bostonians by Boston Magazine.
- Postdoctoral Scholar Trent Masiki, Kilachand Honors College and affiliate faculty at BU’s Center for Antiracist Research, was awarded a $6,000 summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund his research project, “Afro-Latino Memoirs and their African American Influences.”
- Associate Dean for Education and Professor Lisa Sullivan, Biostatistics (SPH), was named a fellow of the American Statistical Association.