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.
April 12, 2024 Update
- Policy Update: CMS Issues Final Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement
- Funding Opportunities:
- ONR Releases BAA for Science & Technology for Advanced Manufacturing Projects (STAMP)
- ONR Releases FOA for FY 2024 STEM Program
- EPA Releases Star Solicitation for Air Pollution Data in Underserved Communities
March 29, 2024 Update
- Congressional Update: Analysis of the FY 2024 Spending Packages
- Policy Update: CMS Issues Final Rule to Streamline Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Process
- Funding Opportunities:
- DOD CDMRP Releases FY 2024 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Solicitations
- NSF Announces Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation Program
- NSF Releases Solicitation for Mathematical Foundations of Digital Twins
Minibus Spending Packages: Implications for Research, Education, Workforce, and Health
Lewis-Burke’s analysis of the Minibus Spending Packages, FY24.
March 22, 2024 Update
- Administration Updates:
- Biden Administration Releases FY 2025 Budget Request Under a More Constrained Budget Environment
- White House Issues Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation
- Funding Opportunity: EPA Announces Coastal Ecosystems Climate Resilience Request for Application (RFA)
March 15, 2024 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- Congress NRL Releases Long Range BAA Basic and Applied Research
- AFRL Releases University Center of Excellence for Data Assimilation FOA
- AFOSR Releases FY 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
- NSF Announces New Global Centers Solicitation to Support Use-Inspired Research Addressing the Bioeconomy
- NSF Announces New Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for Resilient Planet Program (CHIRRP)
March 8, 2024 Update
- Congressional Update: Congress FY 2024 Minibus Spending Package
- Funding Opportunities:
- NSF Releases Solicitation for Ideas Lab Focused on Use-Inspired Applications of Cell-Free Systems
- USAID Invites Concept Notes for New Strategic Partnerships for Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK) Program
- ED Releases Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program Solicitation
Lewis-Burke Analysis of FY 2024 Minibus
Lewis-Burke’s analysis of the first $460 billion FY 2024 minibus spending package.