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    Meet the Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    August 5, 2025
    The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funds patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) that typically compares two evidence-based interventions with large participant groups and meaningful stakeholder engagement.
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    Meet the Funder: RRF Foundation for Aging

    March 24, 2026
    Are you looking for funding to advance work that improves quality of life for older adults? The RRF Foundation for Aging is a nonprofit funder devoted exclusively to issues related to aging and retirement. Each year, the foundation provides more than $6 million in funding to research, advocacy, and knowledge sharing projects that improve quality […]
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    Meet the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (2024)

    February 13, 2024
    The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports lasting, meaningful change by making bold investments to attain significant results that can improve the future. Its three main priorities are advancing scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and the San Francisco Bay community.The Moore Foundation’s Science program seeks to advance basic science through developing new technologies, supporting imaginative research […]

  • Meet the Human Frontier Science Program (2024)

    January 3, 2024
    Hosted by BU Foundation RelationsThe Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) supports innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with an emphasis on novel and interdisciplinary approaches and scientific exchanges across national boundaries.Through faculty research grants and postdoctoral fellowships, HFSP supports scientists both within and outside the traditional life sciences (e.g., chemistry, computational biology, computer science, […]
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    Meet the LUNGevity Foundation (2025)

    October 24, 2024
    Are you looking for funding to study lung cancer? The LUNGevity Foundation supports research with the potential to improve lung cancer outcomes. In this virtual workshop for the BU research community, LUNGevity Executive Director of Research Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH, will present on the foundation's five grant programs:The Brown/LUNGevity Award to Understand Mechanisms of Resistance […]

  • Meet the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

    January 17, 2025
    Friday, February 21 | 1-2 pmVirtual EventThe Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds groundbreaking basic and translational research that will transform the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. The foundation supports individual investigators, multi-disciplinary teams, and early-stage companies in the United States and across the globe. In this virtual presentation for BU faculty, Senior Scientific Director Michael […]
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    Meet the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (2024)

    August 27, 2024
    The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research with the promise to bring society closer to preventing, treating, and curing many devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, and many others.Neuroscience Program Manager Joel Krogstad will join us to discuss the Fund’s two signature programs:Neurobiology of Brain Disorders […]
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    Meet the Russell Sage Foundation (2024)

    July 24, 2024
    The Russell Sage Foundation is dedicated to “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States.” RSF funds social science research that extends the methods, data, and theories of the social sciences to better document and understand the nation’s most pressing social, political, and economic problems. The Foundation supports visiting scholars in residence and publishes […]

  • Meet the W.M. Keck Foundation (2024)

    February 23, 2024
    The W.M. Keck Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting basic, fundamental research through medical research and science and engineering projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. The Keck Foundation does not fund clinical, translational, or […]
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    Meet the Wenner-Gren Foundation (2024)

    July 24, 2024
    The Wenner-Gren Foundation is committed to playing a leadership role in anthropology, helping researchers advance field knowledge, build sustainable careers, and amplify the impact of anthropology within the wider world while fostering inclusiveness within the discipline.President Dr. Danilyn Rutherford will provide a virtual session focused on the foundation’s grantmaking in the areas of research, writing, […]

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