Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: 2022 Moore Inventor Fellows
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: October 14, 2021. The Moore Inventor Fellowship supports scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in the foundation’s areas of interest: scientific discovery, environmental conservation and patient care. The foundation will allocate a total of nearly $34 million through 2026 to support 50 Moore Inventor Fellows – five fellows per year for ten years, beginning in 2016.
Call for Nominations: Innovator of the Year
We are once again seeking nominations for BU Innovator of the Year. The Innovator of the Year Award, presented annually by BU Technology Development, recognizes an outstanding faculty member who has translated world-class research into an invention or innovation that benefits humankind.We invite faculty, staff, and students to submit nominations by Friday, October 15. Self-nominations are welcome. Eligible faculty […]
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Limited Submission Nomination Opportunity: 4th World Laureates Forum
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: September 13, 2021. The World Laureates Forum (WLF) is the highest-profile scientific conference in Asia and the foremost global scientific gathering of prize-winners, including laureates of the Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize, Lasker Award, Turing Award and etc. The Forum aims to “Promote Basic Science, Advocate for International Cooperation and an Open Exchange of Ideas, and Support the Development of Youth”. This year, by attending the forum, the young researchers will have the opportunity to join various seminars and themed sessions including poster display, where their works will be reviewed by laureates.
Limited Submission Award Opportunity: 2022 Blavatnik National Awards
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: October 1, 2021. The Blavatnik National Awards honor America’s most innovative young faculty-rank scientists and engineers. These awards celebrate the past accomplishments and future potential of young faculty members working in the three disciplinary categories of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. Detailed breakdowns of each category can be found on the website.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Johnson & Johnson 2022 WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: September 10, 2021. The Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
Back2BU Research: Personnel Lists and Visitor Policies
TO: Boston University Principal Investigators FROM: Gloria Waters, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research DATE: September 3, 2021 SUBJECT: Back2BU Research: Personnel Lists and Visitor Policies Since May 2020, faculty PIs have been required to maintain personnel lists for their research groups and submit updates on a rolling basis to the Office of Research […]
BU Innovators of the Year: Where Are They Now?
When asked to describe the invention he’s most proud of, 2020 BU Innovator of the Year Jerome Mertz, Biomedical Engineering (ENG) shared, “The invention itself is usually a letdown, and I rarely think about it when it’s over. It’s the process of getting there that’s interesting to me.” When you’ve disclosed nearly two dozen inventions, […]
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 – Clinical Trial Optional)
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: October 1, 2022. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six PDs/PIs to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are important for the mission of NIGMS and are beyond the scope of one or two investigators. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Genome Research Experiences to Attract Talented Undergraduates into the Genomics Field to Enhance Diversity (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: September 30, 2021. The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NHGRI R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage undergraduates from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical workforce, to pursue further training and careers in the scientific, medical, ethical, social and/or legal areas of genomics research.