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CTSI Update: Announcements |
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The overarching goal of the BU CTSI Pilot Grant Program is to help investigators explore and solve major challenges in translational science, especially those that address the special health problems of our urban communities, by developing and deploying new tools, methods, and processes to expedite clinical and translational research and discovery. |
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Christine Odom, Ph.D., candidate at the Quinton lab. (BUSM). She was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowship Award from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Ms. Odom is studying the liver-lung axis, specifically determining how liver activity impacts the lung immune landscape to limit pneumonia susceptibility by using a murine model with a diminished acute phase response due to a lack of hepatocyte STAT3 expression. Read More
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Research to Reality:
Human-Centered Approaches to Recruitment and Retention
Jun. 28, 2021, 12 - 1 p.m
Presented by Lisa Marceau, MPH, PMP & Julia Coleman, BA [Anthem/HealthCore (formerly NERI)]
The goal of this series is to provide an understanding of the ethical background,
regulatory knowledge, and models of best practices for conducting research when the participants represent special populations and vulnerable subjects.
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New Funding Opportunities |
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to support engagement of functionally diverse teams to advance ongoing NIDA-funded research
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Support Research on Health Equity in NIDA-funded Grant Awards
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) : Advanced Computational Approaches to Elucidate Disease Pathology and Identify Novel Therapeutics for Addiction
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Re-issue of Availability of Administrative Supplements for Submission of Tissue Chip Data to the Microphysiology Systems Database (MPS-Db)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to Encourage Administrative Supplement Applications to Investigate COVID-19 Vaccination and Menstruation (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Optional)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Urgent Award for Competitive Revisions to IDeA-CTR Awards to Address the Continued Need for Documenting COVID-19 Related Patient Outcomes
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Enhance Data Science Capacity at NIMHD-Funded Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
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Application Due Date: applications are accepted through December 31, 2021, with priority consideration given to applications received before July 31, 2021
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Diagnostic Development Initiative (DDI) is a two-year, $20M commitment to accelerate research and innovation to advance the collective understanding and detection of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in order to mitigate current and future outbreaks.
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Application Due Date: Jul. 28, 2021
Award Amount: up to $250,000
Estimated Total: $500,000
The purpose of this initiative is to demonstrate whether existing local data intermediaries can facilitate community stakeholder access to and utilization of integrated community-level data and increase community stakeholder skill and capacity to use and apply data to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations.
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-engaged COVID-19 Testing Interventions among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations – RADx-UP Phase II (Emergency Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)
Office of The Director, NIH (OD)
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A Comprehensive Map of the
SARS-CoV-2 Genome
MIT researchers have determined the virus’ protein-coding gene set and analyzed new mutations’ likelihood of helping the virus adapt. Read More
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Using Influenza Data to Better
Treat COVID-19
What might the flu tell us about COVID-19? Quite a bit says Michael Ison, MD, MS, professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation. Read More
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Human Antibodies Target Many Parts
of Coronavirus Spike Protein
An NIH-funded study, published recently in the journal Science, offers the most detailed picture yet of the array of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 found in people who’ve fully recovered from mild cases of COVID-19. Read More
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Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education
The NIH Clinical Center offers training to help prepare the next generation of translational and clinician-scientists. The innovative programs include summer internships, post-baccalaureate fellowships, clinical elective rotations, medical student research programs, and graduate medical education. Learn More
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Lessons Learned from COVID-19
May 26 - Jun. 23, 2021, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
The five sessions will cover the fundamentals of the device and diagnostic development presented through the lens of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
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NIMHD to Host Webinar on Funding Opportunity to Study Impact of Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health
May 26, 2021, 1 p.m.
Webinar related to RFA-MD-21-004, Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Read More
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Outcomes of COVID-19 in Cancer Patients
Jun. 4, 2021, 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Sharafeldin will present the abstract titled: Outcomes of COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: Report From the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). Read More
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2021 Symposium
Jun. 9 - 11, 2021, 11 a.m. - 6:10 p.m.
The symposium brings together
Early Independence awards to share their groundbreaking research. Read More
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The Funding Acknowledgement |
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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.
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