June 2021 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in June 2021. View previously selected grants, or a full summary of this month’s awards. For detailed information on research funding, visit Sponsored Research Reporting on the Research Support site.
Facilitating Formative Feedback: Using Simulations To Impact The Capability of Novice Mathematics Teachers
Total Anticipated
$ 1,428,709
Principal Investigator
Meghan Shaughnessy, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Trans-Omic Analysis Of Alcohol Consumption And Its Relations To Cardiovascular Disease
Total Anticipated
$ 500,834
Principal Investigator
Chunyu Liu, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
Quality Of Subsidized Child Care Providers And Children’s Care Stability: Implications For Early Educational Outcomes
Total Anticipated
$ 398,908
Principal Investigator
Yoonsook Ha, School of Social Work
Sponsor
Administration for Children and Families
Ultrafast 2DIR Studies Of Dynamics In Dense Gas And Supercritical Fluid Solutions
Total Anticipated
$ 359,636
Principal Investigator
Lawrence Ziegler, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Progressive And Acute Imbalances In Striatum-Wide Dopamine And Acetylcholine Signaling In Parkinson’s Disease Models
Total Anticipated
$ 300,000
Principal Investigator
Mark Howe, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, Inc.
Simons Collaboration In Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, and Computation
Total Anticipated
$ 298,354
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Balakrishnan, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Simons Foundation
Restoring Access To Memories ‘Lost’ As A Result Of Sleep Deprivation
Total Anticipated
$ 262,517
Principal Investigator
Steve Ramirez, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Department of Defense/AFOSR
Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (R35)
Total Anticipated
$ 171,876
Principal Investigator
Laura F White, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Gender, Marital Histories And Late-Life Poverty: Updating Social Security Rules For 21st Century Families
Total Anticipated
$ 149,863
Principal Investigator
Deborah Carr, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
RRF Foundation for Aging
Role Of Bursts In Population Coding And Hierarchical Processing In The Mouse Visual Cortex
Total Anticipated
$ 117,502
Principal Investigator
Gabriel Koch Ocker, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Allen Institute