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.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: September 15, 2021. The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations Act Grants to Organizations
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: Monday, July 12, 2021. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced availability of funding provided in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, the COVID-19 relief and stimulus bill passed in March 2021. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizations and state and local governments.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Simons Foundation: Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: Friday, August 20, 2021. The Simons Investigators program aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding theoretical midcareer scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing new research directions, providing leadership in the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists.
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Careers and Postdoctoral Opportunities Educational Event
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Careers and Postdoctoral opportunities Educational Event is an opportunity for PhD students within 12 months of graduation to attend a virtual event at Pfizer to learn more about the Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical Postdoctoral Program. Benefits of attending this event: Learn about the pharmaceutical career track and Postdoc opportunities at Pfizer. […]