BU Ignition Awards Call for Proposals
Are you working on a bold idea with the potential to create real-world impact? The Boston University Ignition Awards are now accepting pre-proposals for the 2026 cycle. This initiative is designed to help faculty move promising ideas closer to real-world application through targeted funding, expert mentorship, and structured support. The Ignition Awards are now part […]
Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors
Why Building an Artificial Pancreas for People with Diabetes Is So Hard—And How Tech Is Finally Catching Up
Research Professor Edward Damiano’s bold bet on a bionic cure
From Better Batteries to Improved Cartilage Repair, BU Ignition Award Winners Aim for Real-World Impact
Annual honors support innovative Boston University research projects preparing to leap from lab to commercialization
Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
This Smarter Sound Shield Blocks More Noise—Without Blocking Air
Building on their 2019 breakthrough, researchers unveil a new ultra-open metamaterial that silences a broader range of noise while preserving ventilation.
Using Quantum Physics and Math to Advance Data Security and Privacy
Quantum computers will make traditional data encryption techniques obsolete; BU researchers have turned to physics to come up with better defenses
Innocent Mole or Skin Cancer? FDA Clears Diagnostic Device with BU Technology
DermaSensor uses optical technique pioneered by BU biomedical engineer Irving J. Bigio and could cut number of missed cancers by half