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DARPA, ARPA-E, and ARPA-H: How to Work with the ARPAs (2022)
Host: Federal Relations Join us as experts from Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, a federal lobbying and consulting firm in Washington, DC, explain how federal Advanced Research Projects Agencies (ARPAs) operate and how they’re different from other federal funding agencies. They will discuss how investigators can work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the […]
Finding Funding in Science: Meet the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (2022)
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), in partnership with the Office of Research and Foundation Relations, will present a workshop to help acquaint researchers at BU with the Foundation’s mission, funding priorities, programs, and grant application protocols. Founded in 1972 by an agreement between the United States and Israel, the BSF is an independent body, directed by a board of governors consisting […]
Research on Tap: Health Misinformation: How it Affects Society and How We Can Deal With It (2022)
Co-sponsored by the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering and the Office of Research. Hosted by Gianluca Stringhini, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. False or inaccurate information can influence how the public responds to health issues, and reduce the effectiveness of public health measures. To ensure an effective […]
Research on Tap: Climate Change & Health: Understanding and Reducing Impacts (2022)
Continued climate change threatens nearly every aspect of the way we live, move, work, and play. Across the Boston University campus, researchers are working to better understand how climate hazards such as air pollution, heat, hurricanes, and wildfires are affecting our health. Our collective goal is to develop the evidence needed to foster communities that […]
Secrets of Early Career Funding Success: A Faculty Panel (2021)
Young investigator awards provide critical support to early career faculty, often serving as a funding bridge between postdoctoral years and fully independent investigator status. These awards, however, are usually very competitive. To give BU’s young investigators valuable insights about how to secure these grants, we are convening a panel of faculty who have received numerous […]
Research on Tap: Data Science for Racial Equity (2021)
Faculty Hosts: Azer Bestavros, Associate Provost, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, and Ibram X. Kendi, Director and Founder, Center for Antiracist Research The need for research that exposes racist policy implications and informs policy makers and the public on antiracist alternatives could not be more urgent. Data science can be the window through which […]
Research on Tap: Human Flourishing in Diverse Populations and Contexts (2021)
What does it mean to flourish? How can people living in conditions of physical, psychological, or material adversity attain personal growth, purpose, happiness, social connectedness, and generativity – when these states may appear elusive, if not impossible? How can social institutions, including education, the workplace, and religion, as well as natural environments bolster or impede […]
How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Expertise and Engage Target Audiences (2021)
Hosted by BU PR | Social Media and BU Office of Research Are you looking to engage with target research funders, collaborators, academic journals, media reporters and publications, or the general public? Dr. Matthew Partridge—a biochemist who has spent 16 years working in both industrial and academic research, and a decade tweeting and posting about […]
Pitching and Writing Workshop with The Conversation (2021)
Hosted by BU PR | Social Media and BU Office of Research Whether you are brand new to pitching a story to a news outlet or looking for a refresher, this workshop is uniquely geared towards helping faculty, researchers, and scientists of all disciplines write about their work in an accessible way to reach general […]
Confronting Gender Bias in Investor Q&A: Research and Practice for Female Innovators (2021)
Hosted by BU Technology Development, BU ARROWS, and BU Women’s Guild Boston University research leads to innovations with real impact, from life-changing solutions to life-saving technologies and therapeutics. The broader the pool of faculty patenting their work, the more diverse and impactful our research becomes. Yet data shows that there continues to be gender disparity […]