The Moon Landing That Made Boston University History
A telescope built by BU researchers hitches a ride on a private spacecraft and touches […]
Annual Report 2025
BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1
In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield
To the Moon and Beyond
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Biopharma Giant GSK and BU to Pioneer New Lung Disease Treatments
Linkup includes almost $7.5 million in support to drive research into pulmonary fibrosis, a disease […]
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 […]
Italian Gov. Gives $21M to BU-Led Effort to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
Nonprofit research and product accelerator CARB-X will use funding in fight against antimicrobial resistance
A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines
An accidental discovery turned into an unexpected success, when a team of interdisciplinary BU researchers […]
Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?
W. M. Keck Foundation to support BU project to delve into the mystery of city […]
BU Launches Worldwide Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) is slated to become a global hub […]
BU Study Finds Longer Ice Hockey Careers Increase Risk of CTE
Largest study of its kind also found 18 of 19 NHL players whose brains were […]
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full-time faculty
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574.25
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total research awards in FY25
AAU
1 of 71 members of the Association of American Universities
TOP
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universities worldwide for patents issued
500+
students participating in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Research Accolades
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Boston University Appoints Kenneth Lutchen to Top Research Job
Renowned biomedical engineer, influential researcher, and transformative higher education leader is new vice president and […]
Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars
Winners, recognized as “visionary scientists, scholars, writers, and artists,” will use honor to support work […]
Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL
An expert on virus-host interactions and antiviral drug discovery, Davey says NEIDL will continue to […]
BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
The prestigious award will support Lynne Chantranupong’s work investigating how brain cells remain healthy over […]
School of Social Work Makes Transformative Hire for Child Equity
Nationally renowned researcher Dolores Acevedo-Garcia launches Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development.
BU Biomedical Engineer Wins NIH Transformative Research Award
Honor for Alexander A. Green will support high-risk project that could lead to improved cancer […]
BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists
White House’s presidential award recognizes BU researchers studying special education, lasers, and genes and DNA.
Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year
Regenerative medicine researcher is recognized for his work in pioneering lung disease treatments with stem […]
Selected Grants
CTE Diagnosis
The National Institutes of Health award $15 million to BU's CTE Center to help doctors accurately diagnose CTE in living patients
Language Recovery
BU's Center for Brain Recovery wins a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to develop computational tools that will predict language recovery in people with post-stroke aphasia
AI & Earthquake Understanding
BU leads a $750,000 National Science Foundation project to develop a foundational model that will improve earthquake detection, localization, and characterization.
Future of Encryption
With a $3.6 million National Science Foundation grant, BU will lead convergent research — merging physics, computer science, and mathematics — to develop scalable, quantum-resistant methods for computing on encrypted data, enhancing security, privacy, and public trust in AI.
Next-Generation Researchers
Neurophotonics Center elects new T32 fellows with a training grant from the the National Institutes of Health
Vaccination Revolution
BU William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor wins one of six inaugural $3 million Trailblazer Engineering Impact Awards from the National Science Foundation to explore new possibilities in the engineering of messenger RNA for vaccines with reduced side effects.
Expanding the Frontiers of Discovery
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BU Aphasia Program Gives Patients Their Voice Back
Treatments, informed by research, make BU and Sargent College a leader in combating the neurological […]
BU Data Platform to Help MA Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps
CDS researchers selected to extend across the state an encrypted data program already in use […]
BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
Brain-inspired algorithm could improve word recognition accuracy in noisy situations by up to 40 percentage […]
BU Researcher Finds and Revives a Long-Lost Operatic Masterpiece
Cuban composer Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes’ opera El Caminante, rediscovered after more than a century, […]
Bionic Pancreas Company Cofounded by BU Researcher Hits the Nasdaq Stock Market
Another major milestone for Beta Bionics and its iLet device for people with type 1 […]
BU Builds a Tool for Fighting Displacement
Keeping people in their neighborhoods in Louisville, Ky., by assessing proposed developments.
Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias?
With help from a $29 million grant, a BU researcher is co-leading a national project […]
Less Snow Makes Trees Absorb Less Carbon, According to New BU Study
Over a decade of data demonstrate that in a warming climate, less snowpack in New […]
