{"id":53652,"date":"2024-10-17T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=53652"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:05:46","slug":"april-selected-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2024\/10\/17\/april-selected-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2024 Selected Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in April 2024. View grant highlights from previous months<\/a> or view detailed information on research funding on the Sponsored Research Reporting page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Primate Inhibitory Neurons in Hippocampal CA3-CA1 Intrinsic Circuits<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$3,962,278<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Helen Barbas, Sargent College<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Institute of Mental Health<\/p>\n

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Studies on RGS4-Regulated Pathways in Models of Neuropathic Pain<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$3,187,172<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Venetia Zachariou, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke<\/p>\n

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Project Chisoni: A Study to Define the Burden of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infants and Its Modifiable Risk Factors in Zambia and Other African Countries<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$2,935,680<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Julie Moriarty Herlihy, School of Public Health<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

NIH\/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development<\/p>\n

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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Trauma-Informed Partner Violence Intervention Program<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$2,866,208<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Casey T. Taft, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute<\/p>\n

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MicroRNAs as Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$2,066,213<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Ivana Delalle, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Institute on Aging<\/p>\n

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Tracking Tissue-Specific Gene Boundaries in Aging<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$1,971,182<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Ana Fiszbein, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

Hevolution Foundation<\/p>\n

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Federated Learning For Predicting Electricity Consumption With Mixed Global\/Local Models<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$1,200,000<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Alexander Olshevxky, College of Engineering<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

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Safe Autonomy for Soft Robots<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$600,000<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Andrew Sabelhaus, College of Engineering<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

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Toward a More Complete Understanding of Coastal Upwelling Dynamics<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$478,920<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Xiaozhou Ruan, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

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Next Generation Plasmon Coupling Nanosensors<\/h3>\n

Total Anticipated<\/h5>\n

$447,747<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/h5>\n

Bj\u00f6rn M. Reinhard, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n

Sponsor<\/h5>\n

National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

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Please note, anticipated amount is for the entire project period. For more information on a specific award, please contact rosamail@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View past grant listings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in April 2024. View grant highlights from previous months or view detailed information on research funding on the Sponsored Research Reporting page. Primate Inhibitory Neurons in Hippocampal CA3-CA1 Intrinsic Circuits Total Anticipated $3,962,278 Principal Investigator Helen Barbas, Sargent College […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22832,"featured_media":51651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[731],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53652"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57141,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53652\/revisions\/57141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}