Limited Submission Opportunity: Children’s Healthy Weight State Capacity Building

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 24, 2020. This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Children’s Healthy Weight State Capacity Building Program. The purpose of this program is to build state capacity around MCH nutrition by increasing the MCH nutrition competency of the state Title V workforce and optimizing MCH nutrition-related data sources to contribute to data-driven programs and activities related to assessment, policy development, and assurance.

Practical Steps to Broaden Your Research Impact

Boston University does research that matters. Many faculty consider it a part of their mission to make their work accessible to people outside their discipline. But translating complex science and scholarship into something the general public can actually use? That takes time, practice, intention, and in some cases formal support or training. Whether you’re interested […]

Limited Submission Opportunity: DHHS/CDC Conducting Public Health Research in South America

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 10, 2020. The purpose of this NOFO is to: Conduct and monitor epidemiologic and laboratory-based projects, surveillance, and research of important diseases in South America including, but not limited to, activities to address acute febrile illness, antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections, respiratory infections and influenza, enteric illnesses, and other public health threats of local importance

Funding Opportunity: Affinity Research Collaboratives

Applications for new Affinity Research Collaborative (ARC) funding or ARC renewal will be due on Monday April 13, 2020 at 10 am. An ARC application form can be found in here. Faculty are encouraged to discuss new applications with Dr. Katya Ravid, Founding Director of the Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (ECIBR) and the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research […]

Memo: Upcoming Changes to NSF Proposal & Award Policies

BU researchers, please review the memo below from the National Science Foundation. Issuance of a Revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF 20-1) Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) has been issued. The new PAPPG […]