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On the Record: Effective Strategies for Elevating Your Expertise Through Successful Media Interviews (2025)
Are you ready to amplify your voice and share your research with the world? Join Mackey Strategies’ Melanie Moran for a dynamic 90-minute workshop where you’ll learn how to confidently navigate media interviews, craft impactful key messages, and engage effectively with journalists to position yourself as a go-to expert in your field. In this interactive […]
Meet the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
Friday, February 21 | 1-2 pm Virtual Event The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds groundbreaking basic and translational research that will transform the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. The foundation supports individual investigators, multi-disciplinary teams, and early-stage companies in the United States and across the globe. In this virtual presentation for BU faculty, Senior […]
Meet the Donaghue Foundation (2025)
Are you looking for funding to support health services research? The Donaghue Foundation provides grants to help organizations improve the value of their health care services. The foundation focuses chiefly on reducing (a) high and rising healthcare costs, (b) unwarranted variation and lack of transparency in quality, prices, and outcomes, and (c) racial and ethnic disparities in […]
Meet the LUNGevity Foundation (2025)
Are you looking for funding to study lung cancer? The LUNGevity Foundation supports research with the potential to improve lung cancer outcomes. In this virtual workshop for the BU research community, LUNGevity Executive Director of Research Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH, will present on the foundation’s five grant programs: The Brown/LUNGevity Award to Understand Mechanisms of […]
Find Funding in Biomedical Innovation: Working with ARPA-H (2024)
Founded in 2022, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a federal funding agency that supports high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. Like other Advanced Research Projects Agencies, ARPA-H provides research funding to create new opportunities and solve important problems through ambitious, well-defined, […]
NIH Loan Repayment Program Webinar on October 7, 2024
Below is a message from the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP). The NIH LRP program is now accepting applicants and this year the deadline is November 21, 2024. The LRPs offer unique opportunities with significant benefits to early-stage researchers. The LRP can provide up to $100,000 towards federal and private student loans in exchange for […]
Meet the American Parkinson Disease Association (2024)
The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is a nationwide grassroots network dedicated to fighting Parkinson’s disease (PD) and works tirelessly to help the approximately one million with PD in the United States to live life to the fullest in the face of this chronic neurological disorder. Chief Mission Officer Rebecca Gilbert will join us to […]
From Ideas to Impact: Identifying and Effectively Conveying Your Core Messages (2024)
Looking to elevate your research communication skills and make a lasting impact? Join Throughline Group’s Christina Mozaffari and Joel Schwartzberg for a dynamic 90-minute workshop designed to help you sharpen your key messages and deliver them with confidence. Throughout this webinar, you’ll learn how to develop and refine key messages and deliver them with precision. […]
Instagram Insights: Exploring Strategy, Timing, and Creative Success for Researchers (2024)
Curious about how Instagram can help you expand the reach of your research? Join Suzanne Whitby, founder of SciComm Success, for a 90-minute workshop on how to effectively use Instagram’s visual platform to connect with new audiences and showcase your work. Unlike X (formerly Twitter), Instagram thrives on visual communication, offering a unique way to […]
Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (2024)
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and many others. Neuroscience Program Manager Joel Krogstad will join us to discuss the Fund’s two signature programs: Neurobiology of […]