The Office of the Vice Provost for Research oversees all aspects of research, providing guidance on internal funding, developing policies and procedures, and ensuring that research at Boston College is efficient, effective, and transparent.

Boston College Research in the News

Young children studying (Klimkin - Pixabay)

Grant supports DREME Network

Heising-Simons Foundation funding supports the research and resource development initiative focused on math education for young children.
The Boston skyline

Up in the air

BC’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health will study air pollution-related deaths and disease in Massachusetts.
smokestack pollution

Air pollution interventions

A global research report co-sponsored by BC's Schiller Institute identifies the top five actions to benefit both health and climate.
Numbers

A new approach to math learning

U.S. Department of Education awards Lynch School team $1.4-million to support study of math learning for low-income students.
Ken Kersch

APSA Pritchett Award winner

Professor Ken Kersch is honored for his work on book on development of conservative constitutional thought.
Children silhouettes against sunflower

Positive youth development

BC, Tufts researchers extend a landmark study of how adolescents thrive.
Father and son (Pixabay freestockphotos)

The evolution of 'dad'

A BC researcher and international colleagues reexamine the origins of human fatherhood.
brain graphic

NSF CAREER award

National Science Foundation funding will support study of the brain mechanisms that fuel recognition and understanding.
dirty hand

In sickness and in filth

Biases against the physically unclean extend to the sick, holding implications in the COVID-19 era, researchers find.

Student Research at BC

 

Undergraduate Opportunities

Boston College students are encouraged to get involved in research as part of their educational experience.

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Graduate Opportunities

Our highly selective graduate programs give access to some of the most prestigious funding opportunities in the country.

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