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CTSI Update: New Programs |
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Introducing BU’s New Mentor Program |
We’ve enlisted over 200 professionals interested in helping BU faculty, researchers, and students with their entrepreneurial ideas.We have mentors from many different industries, backgrounds, and experiences.This is a new program so please be patient as we work through the inevitable kinks in the process. Read more
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Broaden the Impact of Your Research Through a BU-Hosted NSF Program |
To help researchers, scientists, and engineers explore the potential applications of their new technologies or research, BU Technology Development is partnering with the NE I-Corps at MIT to offer BU researchers a three-week fall program from the National Science Foundation. Read more
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8/10-10/5: Accepting applications on rolling basis*
- 10/15: Kick-off meeting from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- 11/5: Lessons learned from 5:00 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Developing Your Research Career: An Interactive Seminar Series for Postdoctoral Fellows and Early Career Faculty (formerly the CREST Program) - Application due date: September 25, 2020. |
Want to learn how to write an effective abstract and paper? Get familiar with qualitative methods? Give a professional talk? How to position yourself to write a career development award? Ways to use social media to promote your research activities? Read More
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Integrated Pilot Grant Program -
Application due date: November 1, 2020, at 5 p.m. ET
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The BU CTSI Pilot Grant Program helps investigators explore and solve challenges in translational science, particularly the special health problems of urban communities, by developing and deploying new tools, methods and processes to expedite research and discovery. Review the Full RFA Here.
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Voucher Program -
Applications to be accepted on a rolling basis until December 31, 2020
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The BU CTSI Voucher Program supports the short-term needs of investigators whose time to conduct research has been negatively impacted by pandemic-related family care or other home responsibilities. Read Full Details
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New Funding Opportunities |
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Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities -
First due date of application: October 5, 2020.
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NOT-MD-20-025: The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest is to support investigative and collaborative research focused on developing and evaluating simulation modeling and systems science to understand and address minority health and health disparities. Read More
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Palliative Care in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Policy for Charging Personal Protective Equipment to NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements as Direct Costs
Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)
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Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV-Infected and/or Uninfected Individuals to Inform Innovative Tuberculosis Vaccine Design
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Urinary Stone Disease Research Network (USDRN) Clinical Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Required)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Alzheimer’s-focused administrative supplements for NIH grants that are not focused on Alzheimer’s disease
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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Development of the Fetal Immune System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Innovative Technologies to Improve Assessments, Interventions, and Outcomes for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R43/R44)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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Flu Vaccination Urged During COVID-19 Pandemic
Although influenza’s disease burden varies from year to year, evidence clearly shows that vaccination can reduce flu severity and prevent hospitalizations—critical considerations at a time when the health care system is burdened by COVID-19. Read More
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Access to the COVID-19 Data Analytics Platform Now Open
Researchers studying COVID-19 now are able to access an innovative new analytics platform that contains clinical data from the electronic health records of people who were tested for the novel coronavirus or who have had related symptoms. Read More
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Covid-19 Molecular Diagnostic Testing — Lessons Learned
As the FDA has adapted its policies to the changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has learned lessons about approaches to streamlining and improving the development and deployment of diagnostic tests that should inform the U.S. response to future outbreaks. Read More
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NIH ACTIV Initiative Launches Adaptive Clinical Trials of Blood-Clotting Treatments for COVID-19
Known as ACTIV-4 Antithrombotics, the trials will provide critical insights that could help guide the care of patients with COVID-19, particularly those who suffer from life-threatening blood clots. Read More
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A new NCATs OpenData COVID-19 website houses data sets, experiments and protocols for SARSCoV2-related assays against approved drugs, providing easy data access for researchers. Read More
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Teaching Translational Science: Examples from the Field of Dissemination and Implementation - Thursday, September 17, 2020, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
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In this one-hour webinar, Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH and Aaron L. Leppin, MD, MS will reflect on their experiences teaching dissemination and implementation science
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Introduction to SciVal, Bibliometrics Database - September 23, 2020,
1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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This virtual training is an overview of SciVal,
its potential applications, and a practical understanding of how to use the database
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2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration - Tuesday, October 27 to Friday, October 30
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A unique opportunity to learn more about working with the NIH grants process, programs, policies, and staff at the 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Grants Administration and Program Funding.
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Accelerating Discoveries Towards Better Health
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