Faculty Development Seminars – May 2025
Dear colleagues, Faculty at SPH have access to a wide variety of opportunities for faculty development. The portfolio of programs and resources, which are described in the Faculty Handbook, includes our Faculty Development Seminar Series (FDSS). The FDSS is updated each semester to include seminars and workshops from three different sectors: SPH department-level events, SPH […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 21
Dear colleagues, Below, please find updates on federal politics and lawsuits that bear on research grants and publications. As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. National Institutes of Health may hold off awarding new grants to Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Northwestern, Cornell, and its affiliated medical school, Cornell-Weill Medicine according […]
Guidance on Foundation Funding
Foundation Relations at Boston University. Private philanthropic foundations are an important source of research funding. Identifying the foundations that will be most receptive to BU funding requests and helping faculty to apply for grants is the mission of BU’s Foundation Relations office. The FR team members who work with SPH faculty are: David Gillerman, Senior […]
Reminder: Grant Writing Workshop Application
Dear Faculty, As a reminder, we are excited to once again be able to offer a grant writing workshop for SPH faculty members interested in developing a new application for external funding. The workshop is designed so that by the end of the 12-session program, each participant will have completed all scientific sections of the […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 14
Dear colleagues, I’m just back from San Francisco where I met some wonderful alumni and prospective students at one of our new BU2U events where our excellent Admission and Career and Practicum teams travel to introduce the work we do to interested persons across the country. Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s […]
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
Dear SPH Community, I want to take a moment to express our strong support for our international students and scholars during a time of increasing uncertainty. As shared by the International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO), there has been a recent and concerning pattern of visa revocations and SEVIS record terminations by ICE involving a […]
ContriBUte Today, Impact Tomorrow
Dear Colleagues, To make a difference for public health, we need to come together at the right place and the right time— and right now, public health needs our support. Support our students Our students inspire each of us each day. Despite the pessimistic headlines, they are determined to create a better future for all. Support […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 7
Dear colleagues, Good morning. Another week in paradise (sarcasm). Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s federal actions. As always, please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions. Judge Kelly of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts has written her final opinion on the administration’s attempt to cap payments […]
Observance of Passover
Dear colleagues, As you may know, the Jewish holiday, Passover, will begin before sundown on Saturday, April 12th and ends after nightfall on Sunday, April 20th. Those observing Passover may miss evening classes the week of April 14th to observe activities for the holiday. In order to accommodate SPH students observing Passover, it would be […]
Weekly Update on Federal Actions – Week of April 1
Dear colleagues, I’m not sure that I’m in the mood for an April Fool’s Day joke, since I think either April or Fool or both are on the NIH watch list of forbidden words for grant applications… Below, please find updates and guidance on this week’s federal actions. As always, please feel free to reach […]