How Might the Federal Government Shutdown Affect BU?
Student aid will continue and researchers should work on existing grants, but new awards might be delayed.
Government Shutdown – What to Know
TO: Principal Investigators, Deans, Associate Deans for Research, Center Directors, and Grant Administrators FROM: Diane Baldwin, Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs DATE: Updated October 1, 2025 SUBJECT: Government Shutdown – What to Know The federal government officially shut down after midnight on September 30, 2025. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide […]
Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Research Grant Awards 2026
Up to $100,000 to support research projects focused on childhood cancers that are either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature. Apply by Sunday, October 26 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Awards 2026
Up to $110,000 per year for 3 years to help develop the independent research of early-career faculty studying childhood cancers. Apply by Tuesday, October 28 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program – December Cycle 2025
Up to $1.3 million for 3 years to support distinctive and novel projects in Medical Research and Science & Engineering. Apply by Friday, October 24 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NIH Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) 2025
Up to $925,000 annually to establish centers of excellence that can advance increased independence for substantial populations of older persons and offer opportunities for education in aging research. Apply by Wednesday, October 1 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NIH Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) 2025
Up to $4 million per year to support collaborative research using AI to address advanced aging and AD/ADRD to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Apply by Monday, September 29 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NSF Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) 2025
Up to $30 million for proposals to build operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that advance AI-driven science and engineering research. Apply by Sunday, October 5 via InfoReady Review.
Frontiers Research Foundation Planet Prize 2025
$1 million prize to accelerate and scale research for research across all disciplines addressing Earth’s planetary boundaries. Apply by Monday, October 6 via InfoReady Review.
Call for Proposals: Cisco Research
Cisco Research is accepting applications for its funding programs to support a wide variety of research areas, such as AI/ML, computer vision, cybersecurity, NLP, quantum information processing, networking and distributed systems. Rolling submissions are now open for: Distributed Systems Security for Gen AI Embodied AI Enhancing Factuality and Reasoning in Generative AI Models LLM-Based Autonomous […]