Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Scholars Program 2021

DEADLINE: May 10, 2021. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) have invited Boston University to participate in their NIBR Global Scholars Program 2021. The program will provide BU faculty investigators with access to disease area drug-hunting and translational research expertise. Selected proposals, not funded by traditional grant support, will receive up to $1 million over three years.

Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: BRF 2022 Scientific Innovations Award

INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: April 30, 2021. The objective of the program is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high impact journals.

Research Revealed: Spring Funding Opportunities

March 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Insider Insights CALL FOR PROPOSALS Antiracism Research & Policy The Center for Antiracist Research seeks to fund interdisciplinary research and policy teams for up to $50,000 to study and build a change campaign around a critical racial inequity or injustice. Applications are due Monday, April 12. SEED […]

Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Charles H Hood Foundation 2020 Major Grants Initiative to Advance Child Health

INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: April 5th, 2021. This Award Program supports outstanding investigators conducting innovative and transformative research in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The overall goal of the Program remains the funding of translational or clinical research that will improve child health, children’s clinical outcomes, or health care access, affordability, and quality.

Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Pew Biomedical Scholars

INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: April 16, 2021. Based on their performance during their education and training, candidates should demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. This program does not fund clinical trials research. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly creative and pioneering approaches to basic, translational, and applied biomedical research.

Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: EDA 2021 Build to Scale (B2S) Program

INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: March 19, 2021. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) released a solicitation for their competitive Build to Scale (B2S) program (formally the Regional Innovation Strategies program).  B2S aims to stimulate entrepreneurship, cluster based economic development, job growth in emerging sectors, and the translation of discoveries from the lab to the marketplace. 

Funding Opportunity: Dreyfus Program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences & Engineering

SPONSOR DEADLINE: April 8, 2021. The Dreyfus program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering, initiated in 2020, provides funding for innovative projects in any area of Machine Learning (ML) consistent with the Foundation’s broad objective to advance the chemical sciences and engineering. The Foundation anticipates that these projects will contribute new fundamental chemical insight and innovation in the field.

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