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An interview with Steven C. Borkan, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at BU, and Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center. The following discussion with Dr. Steven C. Broken took place at our BU Innovator of the Year Award event — where he explained his focus on treating acute kidney injury, his ideas on invention vs. […]
Are you working on an idea to impact a customer, audience, or market? (Since we have policy people in the audience whose “market” is the government, let’s define “market” as the audience you wish to adopt your idea.) Whether you plan to start a company, license to a third party, or collaborate with the government […]
April 2022 | News from BU Industry Engagement and Technology Development Spotlight Photonics Pioneer Named BU Innovator of the Year Professor Selim Ünlü, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENG), has pioneered devices and technologies that find security flaws in the construction of computer chips and detect viral pathogens in medical samples. Ünlü holds 18 patents and […]
Please note that due to the expected increase in travel, the Sponsored Program Travel Guidelines including Fly America guidance has been updated. For foreign travel on federal funds, the US Government has over one hundred open sky agreements with other countries, but only 4 of them are compliant with Fly America. For Department of Defense […]
If your project includes external collaborations please remember that you must determine, at the proposal stage, if that collaborating party is a subrecipient or a contractor. It is important that the correct determination is made as there are budgetary differences between subrecipients and contractors as well as different documentation requirements. The correct determination at proposal […]
Boston University (BU) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) share a unique and longstanding relationship with regards to sponsored research activity but it is also important to remember that BU and BMC are two distinct and separate organizations with: Different DUNS/UEI numbers Different EIN/Tax IDs Different negotiated F&A and Fringe rates Different Annual Audits Different Proposal […]
Save the Date for the next Coffee with Colleagues session on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, from 10am – Noon. We are happy to have guest panelists: Herb Lewis – Director, Service Center Administration, Sponsored Programs Andy Taylor – Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine to present and lead a […]
Following is a brief case study on Passport Systems, an MIT spinout which had to shut its doors in 2020 after a nearly 20 years’ effort and $100M invested. I wrote this case study with the assistance of Dr. Gordon Baty, a former colleague who was Chairman and Co-Founder of Passport, with the hope that […]
Dr. Selim Ünlü, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ENG), was named 2021 BU Innovator of the Year for his pioneering work developing devices and technologies that help find security flaws in the construction of computer chips and detect viral pathogens in medical samples. Ünlü holds 18 patents and has helped launch three companies, all […]
Many of our researchers and faculty at BU are doing work to make real change in the world. As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Ji-Xin Cheng, Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering (ENG). Professor Cheng’s research pursues a wide range of topics, including […]