{"id":3,"date":"2009-06-26T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T16:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:44:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans Center IBR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>Find Out More<\/strong><em><\/em><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><span>Since 2015, the Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (ECIBR) has provided opportunities for\u00a0<\/span><b>interdisciplinary\u00a0<\/b><span>collaborations within\u00a0our newly envisioned and developed\u00a0<\/span><b>Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs)<\/b><span>. With mentoring provided by the ECIBR, as needed, ARC groups innovatively address complex biomedical challenges by <\/span><b>integrating knowledge, concepts and methods from multiple disciplines,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span>in line with<\/span><b><span>\u00a0<\/span>convergence science approaches.<\/b><\/h4>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/contact-us-2\/\"><strong>Contact us for additional information<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2024\/04\/03\/opportunities-to-support-the-evans-center-ibr\/\"><em>How to acknowledge your ARC in publications and tal<\/em><em>ks<\/em><\/a><\/strong><span><span class=\"ContentPasted0\" lang=\"de\"><\/span><\/span><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"border-color: #245d6b;\" width=\"634\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"443\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"211\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"211\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/a-word-from-the-director\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Word From the Director<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"212\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Funding<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"211\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Education and Events<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"231\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/a-word-from-the-director\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2020\/09\/Ravid-325x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Katya Ravid headshot\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3590\" width=\"166\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2020\/09\/Ravid-325x300.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2020\/09\/Ravid.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2009\/06\/arc-logo-blue-198x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12 size-full\" width=\"198\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-650x260.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4155\" width=\"650\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-650x260.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-1024x410.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-768x308.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-1536x615.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/Discussions-2048x820.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos-650x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4157\" width=\"650\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos-650x197.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos-1024x310.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos-768x233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos-1200x366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2023\/01\/All-Logos.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"231\"><a href=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2026\/01\/ECIBR-ARC-flyer-Dec2025-update.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Quick Look<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2025\/03\/ECIBR-flyer-March2025-retreat-tables.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ECIBR-booklet.pdf\">ARC Portfolio Report<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"\/evanscenteribr\/files\/2026\/04\/ECIBR-Newsletter-Spring2026.pdf\">ECIBR Newsletter <\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Spring 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2022\/07\/20\/researchers-forum-home\/\">DoM Researchers Forum<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>ARC pioneering work <br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>aligns with the 2025<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/45252_06-2025_the-science-and-practice-of-team-science-report-release\"><u>Team Science Report<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of <br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>The National Academies of Science<\/td>\n<td width=\"212\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2026\/01\/29\/interest-in-pre-arc-collaboration\/\">Pre-ARC Collaboration Inquiry Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2026\/01\/29\/are-you-interested-in-developing-an-arc\/\">ARC Inquiry Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 ARC Application Deadline: 11:59pm August 17, 2026<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>For details about the ARCs and the application process, please feel free to contact <a href=\"mailto:kravid@bu.edu\">Dr. Katya Ravid<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:remac@bu.edu\">Robin MacDonald<\/a> and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/the-arcs\/joining-an-arc\/\">Joining an ARC and Incentives<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"211\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2025\/12\/08\/upcoming-arc-events-2026-symposia-seminars-workshops\/\" style=\"color: #000000;\">EDUCATION, Workshops &amp; 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