Health Data Science Pilot Awards

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for Health Data Science Pilot Awards! Application Deadline: Friday, Nov 8, 2024.

Goal: Facilitate new interdisciplinary collaborations with the School of Public Health to advance data-driven, interdisciplinary science in any health or biomedical topic.

Funding: Projects will be funded at a maximum level of $5,000 for a 1-year period. The funds can be used to support Boston University graduate students, postdoctoral, and undergraduate students; research supplies, equipment, etc. They may not be used for publication fees, travel to conferences, faculty salaries, or indirect costs.

Eligibility: BU faculty, staff, and/or students are welcome to submit an application in the role of PI. If the PI is a student or staff member (e.g. postdoc, research scientist, etc.) then a faculty mentor/supervisor should be included as a member of the team. At least one member of the research team must be from the School of Public Health.

Proposal Requirements: Applications must include:

• Cover sheet that includes: i) the project title, ii) members of the research team and their affiliations, and iii) a brief abstract (maximum 200 words)
• Description of the background, specific aims, and approach (maximum one page).
• Budget and budget justification
• If selected, the lead investigator is required to present a poster summarizing the status of the proposed work during the annual Health Data Science poster session to be held on the BUMC campus in Fall 2025.

All proposals submitted by the deadline (Nov 8, 2024) will be reviewed by the program’s evaluation committee. The evaluation committee submits their recommendation to the Executive Director & Associate Directors of the Center for Health Data Science, who will make the final decisions. Priority will be given to proposals that are interdisciplinary in nature and with the highest potential for subsequent publication and/or submission of a competitive grant application.  Awardees from 2023-2024 can be found here.