Grants & Awards: Fueling Discovery

Every day, Boston University researchers are powered by major grants that translate their ideas into practical applications:

BETTER ANTIBIOTICS
CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator), which operates out of the School of Law, received $22.8 million from the Italian government to advance new antibiotics, vaccines, and diagnostics.

PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Boston University’s Center for Regenerative Medicine and Boston Medical Center, supported by nearly $7.5 million from biopharmaceutical company GSK, have begun a partnership to better understand pulmonary fibrosis and identify new drug targets that halt or slow its progression.

CHILDHOOD SUCCESS
The School of Social Work received $1.1 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to create the new Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development, which will conduct research on the conditions children need to grow and thrive.

POLARIZATION AND BELIEF
A Wheelock College of Education & Human Development–led team of researchers received close to $2 million from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to launch an international study of how children’s beliefs form and change. Their goal is to provide new insights into polarization and ways to mitigate it.

QUANTUM ENCRYPTION
A multidisciplinary team led by Boston University researchers received a $2.8 million Growing Convergence Research award from the National Science Foundation to develop a physics-inspired approach to data security and privacy in an increasingly digital world.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH
The new Nurturing Immigrant Children’s Faith Experiences En Familia Program, led by the School of Theology, received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help foster the spiritual growth of children and teenagers, particularly those from immigrant backgrounds.