Research Revealed: Women’s Health Takes Center Stage

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Women’s Health Takes Center Stage

With a presidential election days away, healthcare is top of mind for many Americans. BU researchers are preparing to gather on Wednesday, November 6 for a conversation about the importance of women’s health as its own dedicated field and as part of a broader effort to establish a BU research community around this topic. All faculty and trainees interested in the health of women, intersex people, and gender minorities are invited to share ideas and form new collaborations.

New BU Program to Catalyze Large-scale AI Research

Artificial intelligence (AI) research increasingly requires costly computational resources that are beyond the reach of individual research groups. To address this challenge, the BU Office of Research and the BU Hariri Institute for Computing have launched a new resource program to enable and seed large-scale AI research by providing credits to teams for computing time on high-end graphics processing units. The initial proposal deadline is Saturday, November 16.

BU Leads Conversation on Global Equity and Pandemics

BU is a world leader in the study of infectious diseases. On Thursday, November 7, BU community members are invited to join the BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases for its fall symposium to learn more about this growing research strength. Attendees will hear from experts exploring challenges in timely access to public health tools during emerging infectious disease events and learn about current international efforts to improve global equity and future directions for global cooperation during outbreaks. BU President Melissa Gilliam will present opening remarks.

Research Funding

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Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Grants

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) supports innovation, research and development, commercialization, and manufacturing in the fields of biopharma, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health. MLSC is now accepting applications for this year’s Capital & Women’s Health Programs with a deadline of Friday, December 6. 

Support for Student-Adviser Pairs Advancing Equity

The Gilliam Fellows Program invests in graduate trainees who are committed to advancing equity and inclusion in science, including through community engagement. The fellowship also provides support for thesis advisors to enhance their mentorship skills and develop more inclusive training environments. Each student-advisor pair receives an annual award of $53K for up to three years. Applications are due Thursday, December 5.

Global Development Fellows Programs

The Global Development Policy Center seeks pre- and post-doctoral scholars with strong research interest and expertise in global affairs for two fellowship programs. Applications for the Global Economic Governance Fellows Program are due by Sunday, December 15, and applications for Global China Fellows Program are due Friday, December 20.

Foundation Funding Opportunities

Foundation Relations now compiles private funding opportunities by category, including neuroscience; education; diversity, equity, and inclusion; environment and sustainability; biomedical and life sciences; and more.  If any of these programs are of interest, contact the member of the Foundation Relations team who supports your academic unit.

Extensive Database for Funding Across Disciplines

BU offers all faculty and staff a free subscription to Pivot-RP, a database updated daily with federal, non-federal, foundation, and private funding opportunities in every discipline. With the BU subscription, members can save search criteria and receive weekly updates on new and upcoming funding opportunities. Learn how to set up your account and get started on the Office of Research website.

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Grant Management

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Multifactor Authentication on Research.gov

As of this week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is requiring multifactor authentication for its online portal. All users will be required to complete a one-time enrollment and then use multifactor authentication to sign into Research.gov. Learn more

NSF Virtual Grants Conference

The next NSF Virtual Grants Conference, scheduled for December 9-12, is an opportunity for new faculty and administrators to gain insights into the agency’s current issues, policies, procedures, and funding opportunities. Registration is free and opens on Wednesday, November 13.

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Ethics & Compliance

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Disclosures for Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs

Federal grant disclosures have become increasingly important, with funding agencies scrutinizing them closely, especially as they relate to foreign talent recruitment programs. Participation in malign foreign talent recruitment programs, which entail compensation by a “foreign country of concern”—presently, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, or entities within—is prohibited by federal funding agencies and University policy.

BU researchers are encouraged to review important reminders to ensure their disclosures are up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive. If you have questions, please contact Director of Research Security Sarah Porter at sbporter@bu.edu.

Upgrade Your Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer

BU Environmental Health & Safety is evaluating interest in replacing ultra-low temperature freezers over 10 years old with new, energy-efficient models. With enough interest, the University will offer an incentive program to help reduce the cost of acquiring new units. Interested labs should respond to the request to participate by Thursday, November 7.

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Notes & News

CARB-X Executive Director and BU Professor of Law Kevin Outterson; photo courtesy of CARB-X.

 

At the G7 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting on October 10, the government of Italy announced a commitment of $21M over the next three years to support the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X), a nonprofit global partnership based at BU funding the development of products that target the most serious drug-resistant bacteria.

Professor Chris Chen, Biomedical Engineering (ENG) and director of the BU Biological Design Center, won the Biomedial Engineering Society Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Shu Chien Achievement Award in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the field of cellular and molecular engineering.

Associate Professor Chuanhua Duan, Mechanical Engineering (ENG), was recognized at the Micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena 2024 Conference with the Prominent Research Award.

The Center for Regenerative Medicine of BU and Boston Medical Center (CReM) embarked on a collaboration with global biopharma giant GSK to use CReM-developed lung cells to better understand and treat pulmonary fibrosis.

Associate Professor Mary Dunlop, Biomedical Engineering (ENG), won the inaugural BU Award for Excellence in Mentoring Postdocs, and Tatiana Padilla, a postdoctoral fellow in the BU Center for Innovation in Social Science, won the Outstanding Postdoc Award.

Assistant Professor Dennis Jones, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine), was awarded a National Cancer Institute Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award worth $2.3M over five years to study how tumors impact the functionality of blood vessels.

Associate Professor Anne Short Gianotti, Earth & Environment (CAS), was awarded $499.5K by the NSF to fund the Urban Biodiversity Futures Research Coordination Network, bringing together scholars and practitioners to address biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and social justice. 

Associate Professor Alexander Green, Biomedical Engineering (ENG), has been named a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award winner. 

BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) was awarded $7.5M by the National Institutes of Health to modernize and improve its facilities and increase research capacity.

The BU Photonics Center and the BU Arts Initiative invite visual artists in all media to submit proposals for the Photonics Center art collection, with a cash prize of $2,500 and a deadline of Thursday, January 2.

Professors Andrei Ruckenstein and Claudio Chamon, Physics (CAS), and Professor Ran Canetti, Computer Science (CAS), received a $2.8M NSF Growing Convergence Research award “to accelerate the development of trusted, low-overhead tools that enable computation directly on encrypted data so that, for example, confidential data can be shared with an untrusted party who can extract insights from the data without having access to the unencrypted data.”

Professor Pamela Templer, Biology (CAS), was awarded the Sustainability Champion Award by the BU Institute for Global Sustainability in recognition of her significant contributions to sustainability research.

Senior Compliance Specialist Ani Zakarian received BU’s inaugural Research Compliance Excellence Recognition Award in recognition of the leadership and creativity she brings to her work in the Animal Welfare Program. Her nominator wrote, “Ani is truly an advocate for institutional compliance in that she pushed hard for solutions for issues and to avoid unnecessary burden on the team and researchers.”

Professor Xin Zhang, Mechanical Engineering (ENG), was featured in the November edition of American Scientist for her award-winning research on metamaterials and microelectromechanical systems.

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