Trustees of Boston University

About Trustees of Boston University

Trustees of Boston University’s recent grantmaking is dominated by research awards to biomedical and academic institutions, with the largest listed grant at $7,992,199 to Pattern Bioscience Inc in Austin. The pattern continues at scale through multi-million-dollar awards to Day Zero Diagnostics Inc in Boston and GlaxoSmithKline Holdings Americas Inc in Philadelphia, showing a portfolio centered on research support rather than small discretionary giving. Boston University also appears as both funder and host institution in the recent list, including repeated support for The General Hospital Corporation, the President & Fellows of Harvard College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The institution’s grantmaking is not limited to external partners; it also includes BU-run programs such as the BU Scholarship Assurance initiative, First-Year Innovation Fellowship, and Project Action. Those programs point to a mix of research funding, student opportunity, and campus-based innovation support. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s activity is substantial and varied, with awards that range from seed-level campus grants to large research commitments for universities, hospitals, and life sciences firms.

What Trustees of Boston University Funds

Research support is the clearest thread in the recent record. Trustees of Boston University awarded $5,480,365 to The General Hospital Corporation in Boston for research, and another $3,117,846 to the President & Fellows of Harvard College in Boston for research. The foundation also supported university research with $3,251,809 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge for research. Its portfolio extends into life sciences firms and clinical research organizations as well. The foundation gave $3,410,043 to Vaxcyte Inc in San Carlos for research, $3,051,366 to Avails Medical Inc in Menlo Park for research, and $2,497,408 to MicuRx Pharmaceuticals in Palo Alto for research. Boston University’s own student-facing and campus programs are part of the picture too. BU Scholarship Assurance provides an undergraduate scholarship for eight semesters, while Project Action offers $3,000 grants plus coaching to students whose proposals are intended to make a positive impact on their communities.

How Trustees of Boston University Gives