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Research on Tap: Sustaining Equitable Global Health Partnerships with Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Thursday, December 3 | 4-6 pm Doors open at 3:30 pm. Presentations start at 4 pm. Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118 The current disruption to U.S. federal global health funding—including the restructuring of USAID and contracting NIH international portfolios—has created urgent pressure on university-based researchers to diversify funding sources […]
Research on Tap: After the Ambulance: Convergent Science for Trauma, Recovery, and Lifelong Health
Wednesday, October 28 | 4-6 pm Doors open at 3:30 pm. Presentations start at 4 pm. Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118 Each year, more than five million Americans are hospitalized after traumatic injury, and millions more experience interpersonal violence, motor vehicle crashes, and other physical and psychological trauma. The […]
Research on Tap: Digital Currencies, Blockchain Technologies, and Economic Opportunity
Wednesday, November 4 | 4-6 pm Kilachand Center Colloquium Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Blockchain technologies currently underpin a rapidly maturing asset class valued at approximately $2.5 trillion, rivaling major traditional financial sectors. However, this emerging technology also raises profound societal concerns regarding governance, regulation, data integrity, and financial crime. This […]
Research on Tap: Imagining New Futures for Urban Biodiversity
Tuesday, September 29 | 4-6 pm Kilachand Center Colloquium Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Urban areas are at the center of converging climate crises: intensifying weather events, accelerating biodiversity loss, and persistent social inequities. Growing public and policy attention to urban greening creates new opportunities for conservation as well as concerns […]
ARPA-H: Mission, Funding Opportunities, and Application Strategies
Thursday, September 24 | 12-1 pm Zoom The Advanced Research Program Agency for Health (ARPA-H) invests in high-risk, high-reward biomedical and health breakthroughs, taking an approach that is fundamentally different from traditional funding sources. Research Development, Federal Relations, and the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Grants Strategy Office will co-host a workshop series to […]
Info Session: Convergent Research Funding Opportunities
Thursday, September 3 Zoom The Office of Research is pleased to offer two funding opportunities designed to accelerate convergent research at Boston University. To introduce these opportunities, we will host two online Zoom information sessions: Thursday, September 3, 12–1 pm Each session will provide an overview of the convergent research seed and planning grant opportunities, […]