CTSI Updates: Apply Now!
Research Partnership Scholars Grant
Application due date: June 10, 2022

This funding opportunity support the development of community-academic research partnerships that will lead up to further funding opportunities, including investigator-initiated federal, state, or foundation awards, pilot awards, and institutional awards. Learn More

The BU CTSI Needs Your Help!


In preparation for designing an Element E for the upcoming CTSI renewal, we are seeking ideas for multi-disciplinary, team-based translational science projects. Learn More
The BU CTSI Voucher Program
Applications are Accepted on a Rolling Basis.

The Voucher 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 expert consultation services.
Call for Entrepreneurial Expertise

We seek to identify and help potential entrepreneurs early in the discovery process navigate the pitfalls of commercialization. Specifically, we are searching for experienced faculty entrepreneurs to be part of a cadre of experts willing to provide guidance for new entrepreneurs. Learn More
Funding Opportunities

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Diagnostics and Disease Management Tools for Use in Underserved Populations

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Research Efforts that Illuminate Fundamental Processes Underlying Behavior Change, Maintenance, and Adherence

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Dissemination and Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control in Low Resource Environments

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Developing Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) and Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Institutions with an emphasis on Down syndrome research (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)


Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIH Research Project Grants on Down Syndrome (R01) for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project


Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Mentored Career Development Awards to Foster the Careers of Investigators Pursuing Research Related to Down syndrome as Part of the INCLUDE Project

Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Career Enhancement Related to Clinical Research on Pain

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Support Research Infrastructure on Exposome Studies in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD)

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Notice of Special Interest: Tools to Enhance the Study of Prenatal and Pediatric Hydrocephalus

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
News Highlights
Using AI to Advance Understanding
of Long COVID Syndrome

Because Long COVID is so variable from person to person, it’s extremely difficult to work backwards and determine what these people
had in common that might have made them susceptible to Long COVID. Read More 
Immune Modulator Drugs Improved Survival for People Hospitalized with COVID-19

Some COVID-19 patients experience an immune response in which the immune system unleashes excessive amounts of proteins that trigger inflammation that can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure. Read More 

How Worried Should We Be about Monkeypox?

Monkeypox is most often transmitted through close skin-to-skin contact, and can, less easily, be transmitted through respiratory droplets when a patient has lesions in the mouth. Read More

Overcoming Data Fragmentation is Key to Avoiding Future Health Care Crises

How do we bring data sources together so that clinicians, researchers, and health officials can draw meaningful conclusions that inform critical health decisions? Read More
Upcoming Event
Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Speaker Series
Jun. 16, 2022, 5 – 6 pm on Zoom

Final Session of the Year!
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.