CTSI Update: Apply Now!
Training for Bench, Clinical, Biomedical, Translational
and Population Health Researchers
Application Deadline: Jan. 16, 2023

Are you planning to submit a Career Development Award? Have you assembled mentors and developed a Specific Aims page, but want to ensure that you submit the most competitive application possible? The Career Development Award Grant Writing Workshop, sponsored by the BU CTSI, is open to Faculty and accomplished Post-doctoral Students/Fellows who will be remaining at BUMC. Learn More
Other Reminders
Program for Early Research Career Development (PERC) - Spring 2023
Application Deadline: Jan. 16, 2023

PERC will provide a roadmap and targeted guidance for senior post-doctoral fellows, post-doctoral associates, and early career faculty (both MD & PhD) committed to launching an independent research career. Learn More
BU CTSI NIH Diversity Supplement
Matching Initiative
Fill out an Interest Form

The BU CTSI is committed to increasing our institution’s biomedical researcher diversity by connecting eligible early career scientists with Principal Investigators who have grants eligible for Diversity Supplements. Learn More
The BU CTSI Voucher Program
Applications are Accepted on a Rolling Basis.

This Program supports the short-term needs of investigators that are not otherwise covered by grants. Vouchers are intended to enable preliminary work, generate data for new or ongoing projects, and/or secure fee-based core services for consultation services. Learn More
Funding Opportunities

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research to Address ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic’ Initiative Goals Relevant to Substance Using Populations At-Risk for or Living with HIV


Rapid Translation of Epidemiological Findings into Interventions to Prevent Substance Use and Addiction (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Research Networks to Promote Multidisciplinary Mechanistic Studies on Music-Based Interventions for Pain or Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): The Neural Mechanisms of Multi-Dimensional Emotional and Social Representation

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Implementation Research on Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors among Low- and Middle-Income Country and Tribal Populations Living in City Environments (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Fogarty International Center (FIC)

NIDDK Investigator Award to Support Mentoring of Early Career Researchers from Diverse Backgrounds (K26 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Supporting the use of Real-World Data to Generate Real-World Evidence in Regulatory Decision-Making (U01) Clinical Trials Optional

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention (CLIF-VP) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)


Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
News Highlights
A Proposed Simplified Framework
for NIH Peer Review Criteria

Applications are evaluated based on five scored criteria: Significance, Investigators, Innovation, Approach, and Environment. Assessments of all five criteria contribute to the overall impact score and each of the five receive a criterion score from assigned reviewers. Learn More
NIAID Pandemic Autopsy Study Fosters Long COVID Treatment Trial

Autopsies of 44 people who died from COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic showed researchers that disease-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus spread throughout the body – beyond just a respiratory disease – and remained in tissue for months. Learn More
Upcoming Event
Non-NIH Government Agency Funding
Application deadline: Jan. 4, 2023
Session Dates: Jan. 11 – Feb. 15, 2023
CTSA member: $225.00

This course will explore the availability of medical research funding beyond the NIH. Topics covered include the grant submission process, with examples drawn from these agencies. Learn More
The Funding Acknowledgement
The Funding Acknowledgement guides recipients of BU CTSI services, resources, or funding for projects or research through the grant citation process. All recipients are required to cite our grant number in associated presentations and journal publications.