The University of Minnesota receives a weekly congressional update prepared by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC in DC with additional federal policy updates and funding opportunities. Brian Paro ([email protected]) is the University’s director of Federal Relations.
October 4, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- NSF Announces Funding Opportunity for the Network Coordination Hub for the National Network for Microelectronics Education
- DOE Releases Nuclear Reactor Safety Training Workforce Development Program Solicitation
- NIH Releases Biomedical Research Facilities Construction Grant Solicitation
- ONR Releases Long Range BAA for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
- NSWC Carderock Division Releases FY 2025 BAA
- DTRA Releases FRCWMD BAA
- Engagement Opportunity: DARPA Hosts AI BTO Pitch Day
- Policy Updates:
- NSTC Launches Membership Program and Workforce Center of Excellence
- CMS Issues Changes to FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Rates
September 27, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- EPA Releases Funding Opportunities to Support Advanced Recycling Infrastructure and Food Waste Prevention
- DOE Releases Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly (SPARKS)
- Engagement Opportunities:
- Doing Business With ARPA-H Industry Day
- Call for Input on Nutrition Security from BIFAD
September 20, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- NSF Releases New Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence (MultiPLEx) Program
- HRSA Releases Solicitation for Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (BHWET-CAY) Program for Professionals
- Engagement Opportunities:
- ARPA-H Launches Emerging Health Innovators (EHI) Initiative
- DOE Seeks Input on Future Priorities for the Frontiers in AI for Science, Security, and Technology Initiative
- DOE Releases Funding Calls in Broad Set of Clean Energy Topics and Seeks Feedback on Future Priorities in AI, Carbon Harvesting, and Geothermal Power
- Federal Advisory Committee Nomination Opportunities Update
- Policy Update: ORI Issues Final Rule on Research Misconduct
August 30, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunity: Office of Naval Research (ONR) Releases National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) BAA
- Engagement Opportunities:
- NASA Invites Public Input on Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy
- Federal Advisory Committee Nomination Opportunities Update
- Policy Updates:
- CMS Releases Funding to Help Individuals Enroll in Health Insurance
- Lewis-Burke 2024 Landscape of Federal Artificial Intelligence Research and Policy Priorities
August 23, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- NSF Releases Solicitation for Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships
- NSF Announces Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator Program
- NOAA Releases 2024 Climate Program Office Competitions
- IES Invites Applications for Special Education Dissertation Research and Strengthening Program Evaluation Capacity
- DHS S&T Directorate Releases FY 2024 Long Range BAA
- ONR Releases Electronic Warfare and Surveillance BAA/ARL Releases Collaborative Research Alliance BAA
- DARPA BTO Announces New AI Initiative
August 9, 2024 Update
- Appropriations Updates:
- Senate Appropriations Releases FY 2025 CJS Bill and Report
- SAC-D Approves FY 2025 Defense Appropriations Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2025 Labor-H Bill
- Policy Update: CMS Issues FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
- Funding Opportunity: NOAA Releases Solicitation for Climate Variability and Predictability Program
August 2, 2024 Update
- Appropriations Update: Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2025 Interior and Environment Bill
- Funding Opportunities:
- DOD Releases FOA for FY 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
- EDA Releases New Good Jobs Challenge NOFO
- Engagement Opportunity: DARPA Announces Fall 2024 Discover DSO Day
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