Limited Submission Opportunity: DOJ Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting
DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2020. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FGM refers to procedures involving partial or total removal of female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for any cultural, religious, or nontherapeutic purpose. It is illegal in the United States under federal law to perform this procedure on people under 18 years of age (see 18 U.S.C. § 116), and prohibited by many states as well. This program addresses the crime of FGM
Limited Submission Opportunity: EPA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM
DEADLINE: APRIL 17, 2020. The purpose of the National Environmental Education and Training Program is to deliver environmental education (EE) training and long-term support to education professionals across the U.S. in the development and delivery of environmental education and training programs and studies
Limited Submission Opportunity: DOJ Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program
DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2020. Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications for funding to establish, expand, and improve treatment for people with substance use disorders during their incarceration and reentry into the community
Limited Submission Opportunity: DOS FY 2020 U.S. Speaker Program
DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2020. The Office of the U.S. Speaker Program recruits dynamic American experts (referred to below as U.S. speakers or program participants) to engage international audiences on topics of strategic importance to the United States
Funding Opportunity: Dreyfus Program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering
SPONSOR DEADLINE: APRIL 16, 2020. The Dreyfus program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering provides funding for innovative projects in any area of Machine Learning (ML) consistent with the Foundation’s broad objective to advance the chemical sciences and engineering
DOD Response to “Suggested Deadline Extensions”
Please see note below from the DOD Basic Research Office seeking feedback on “suggested deadline extensions.” We are aware that the Office of Naval Research in particular is not honoring yesterday’s OMB guidance regarding flexibility for research not performed as a result of the pandemic. We are working with our association colleagues to register our […]
RNA Extraction Kits Needed
The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine is actively developing a test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. There currently is a shortage of RNA extraction kits that are used in these tests. If you are willing to provide either Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kits or QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kits, please drop the kits off […]
BU ASC Vivarium Operational Changes effective Monday 3/23/2020
Dear Researcher, To proactively manage our animal colonies and resources under the current and predicted restrictions posed by COVID-19, ASC is implementing the following changes within our vivaria effective Monday 3/23/2020: Reduced PPE in rodent areas: Working with EHS, ASC has created a plan to reduce the use of face masks, hairnets, and jumpsuits inside our […]
Best Practices for Communication with Patients or Research Subjects
Dear Colleagues, All communication with patients and research subjects poses some risk to the privacy of those individuals. In simple cases a conversation or message may be overheard, but in other cases our choice of communication method may increase the risk that a message will be intercepted: For example, voice and text messages sent to […]
Postdoctoral Digest: COVID-19 Guidance
Welcome to the Postdoctoral Digest, BU’s one-stop shop for information related to postdocs. Ideas or feedback? Email postdocs@bu.edu. Special Edition: COVID-19 This special edition of our newsletter is focused on highlighting the University guidance and resources related to COVID-19 directly pertinent to doctoral students. Please visit the University-wide and Research Support COVID-19 websites for the […]