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.
Funding Opportunity: Massachusetts Life Sciences Center 2021-22 Cycle Capital Programs
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: November 19, 2021. MLSC is accepting applications for this year’s capital programs: Bits to Bytes, Novel Therapeutics Delivery, Women’s Health, and Research Infrastructure.
Funding Opportunity: SAMSUNG GRO
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 18, 2021. The SAMSUNG Global Research Outreach (GRO) program calls for innovative research proposals from leading universities worldwide. The program seeks proposals in a variety of subject areas.
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Opportunities
The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is pleased to share these upcoming events and opportunities with the BU research community. 5th Annual Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Conference The 2021 CTE Conference is a two-day virtual course where participants will learn about all aspects of CTE, including its pathology, pathophysiology, genetics, biomarkers, imaging, clinical syndromes, clinical […]
Announcing the 2021 Ignition Award Winners
Technology Development is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Ignition Award. The Ignition program awards $75K and $25K, one-year grants to Boston University faculty to help launch promising new technologies into the marketplace. Congratulations to this year’s winners, listed below. Members of the BU research community can reach out to Rana K. Gupta, […]
Research Revealed: The Power of Multimedia
July 2021 | Information & Support for the BU Research Community Insider Insights PROMOTE YOUR WORK The Power of Multimedia In May, a 60-second video about how a team of BU mechanical engineers used Japanese paper-cutting techniques to create soft robotic grippers earned more than 750k views. Here are four lessons for other faculty promoting new research, […]
Animal Operations System Training Opportunities
We are reaching out to provide an important update on the timeline for the upcoming Huron Animal Operations (AOps) system rollout, which will change the way labs order animals, request transfers, imports, exports, and reserve procedure space. Our end-stage testing is complete and we are now able to provide specific dates for service outages and […]
Animal Operations System Rollout
We are reaching out to provide an important update on the timeline for the upcoming Huron Animal Operations (AOps) system rollout, which will change the way labs order animals, request transfers, imports, exports, and reserve procedure space. Our end-stage testing is complete and we are now able to provide specific dates for service outages and […]
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Greenwall Faculty Scholars
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 6, 2021. The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Rita Allen Scholars in Basic Biomedical Research
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 2, 2021. The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program funds basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology and neuroscience. The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program has supported more than 190 scientists since 1976. The program embraces innovative research with above-average risk and groundbreaking possibilities. Scholars have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.