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Students are the future of research. At BU, you have ample opportunity to explore your interests with the support of our talented faculty. Right now we’re investigating fuel cells that run on bacteria, developing a vaccine that fights cancer with cancer cells, and diving into many other areas. What’s next? That’s up to you.

27th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium October 18

Apply for Spring 2027 UROP Funding

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is now accepting applications for spring 2027 funding. UROP connects full-time undergraduate students interested in conducting research with BU faculty mentors.

Apply by December 11 at noon

Responsible Conduct of Research Training

Ground yourself in the ethical foundations of research by completing our campus-wide training program for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

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Upcoming Events

Research on Tap Featured Events

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Research on Tap: Sustaining Equitable Global Health Partnerships with Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Day: Thursday Dec 3rd Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118

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Explore Current Research

Bulgarian singer Dara won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest

Arts

Fan Voting in the Eurovision Song Contest is More Influenced by Individual Taste than Politics, BU Study Finds

BU PhD student Estelle Brun created a mock-Eurovision and discovered audiences can still unite over art, even when divided by politics

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Aging

Convergent Hiring Initiative Aims to Attract “Intellectually Fearless” Scholars

New, collaborative approach to hiring will recruit up to 25 faculty whose work will contribute to impactful research in brain health, resilient cities, and healthy aging

BU Precarity Lab cofounders Michel Anteby and Alya Guseva

Economics & Business

The Changing and Precarious Nature of Work in the Digital Age

In an economy of gig work and content creation, the Boston University Precarity Lab is a global and interdisciplinary meeting ground for sociologists and business experts

Researcher wearing protective gear to safely work with priority pathogens at the NEIDL

Accolades

NIH Awards $57.5 Million to Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories

Five-year grant will help support mission to protect Americans and people around the world from major health threats

Education

Kids in Military Families Make Big Sacrifices. How Can We Better Support Them?

Boston University researcher and mentoring expert Renée Spencer builds programs to help military-connected children navigate school transitions and other big life moments

Accolades

Brink Bites: Robotic Stroke Surgery, Curbing Junk Food Sales, and American Attitudes On Data Center Construction

Research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a host of new grants and faculty awards

Football field between the 30 and 40 yard lines

Medicine

Nearly 75 Percent of Former NFL Players Had Brain Disease CTE, According to New Boston University–Led Study

“We have to learn from this data to make the game safer,” says former football star Matt Hasselbeck

Physicist Kirit Karkare at the South Pole

Physics

What Could Leftover Radiation from the Big Bang Teach Us About the Universe’s Origins?

From Boston to the South Pole, Kirit Karkare and the BU Cosmology Group investigate dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic microwave background

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