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, […]

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.

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