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. Amy Kircher (akircher@umn.edu) is the University’s interim director of Federal Relations.
September 29, 2023 Update
- Appropriations Updates & Funding, Engagement Opportunities
- Appropriations Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- Special Education Research and Development Center Program: K-12 Special Education Teacher Workforce
- DARPA DSO Releases Office Wide BAA
- NSF Releases Solicitation for Ideas Lab: Personalized Engineering Learning (PEL)
- Engagement Opportunity: FDA Reopens Comment Period and Seeks Further Input on the Use of AI in Drug Development
September 22, 2023 Update
- Emerging Technology, Agency Updates and Engagement Opportunities
- Emerging Technology Update: White House and Congress Explore Efforts to Regulate Artificial Intelligence While Driving Innovation
- Agency Update: NIH Final Updated Policy Guidance for Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements
- Engagement Opportunity: CDC Solicits Comments on Draft National One Health Framework
September 15, 2023 Update
- Congressional Updates
- Congressional Update: Government Shutdown Outlook and Impacts for Higher Learning Education and Research
September 8, 2023 Update
- Funding, Engagement Opportunities
- Funding Opportunity: DOD Releases FY 2024 Naval Engineering Education Consortium BAA
- Engagement Opportunity:
- DOD Energy & Environment Innovation Symposium Registration Now Open
- OSTP Releases RFI on Potential Changes to the Policies for Review & Oversight of Pathogen Research
August 25, 2023 Update
- Policy Updates and Funding , engagement Opportunities
- Policy Update: Biden Administration Announces FY 2025 Research and Development Priorities
- Funding Opportunity:
- NIH Releases Two Notices of Intent to Publish Solicitations for Nursing Research Education
- DOD Releases 2023 Defense Education & Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership
- ARL Releases FOA for Collaborative Adversarial Cyber Decision Making
- Engagement Opportunity: HRSA Soliciting Nominations for Membership on the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines