UMN Washington Update
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. Sarah Neimeyer (neimeyer@umn.edu) is the University’s Director of Federal Relations.
March 24, 2023 Update
- Funding Opportunities:
- DOE Releases Call for Energy Earthshot Research Foundations
- AFOSR Releases Materials Characterization and Quantum Performance: Correlation and Causation FOA
- NSF Releases Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-2 Solicitation
March 17, 2023 Update
- Budget, Agency, and Policy Updates
- Budget Updates:
- Biden Administration Releases FY 2024 Budget Request
- ARPA-H Makes Major Announcements on Funding Opportunities, Personnel, and Locations
- Policy Update: CMS Releases Initial Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Guidance and Part B Rebatable Drugs
March 10, 2023 Update
- Administration Update: OSTP Announces New Research Security RFI
- Funding Opportunities:
- EPA Releases Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program
- DOD Releases FY 2023 Solicitations for DEPSCoR Program
- NFWF Releases America the Beautiful Challenge
- NIH Announces Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development
- NSF BIO Releases Solicitation for Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience
- NSF Releases Three New Convergence Accelerator Topics for 2023
- NEH Releases Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant Application
- NINR Publishes Three Funding Opportunities Focused on Health Disparities
- Engagement Opportunities:
- FDA Seeking Nominations to the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee
- NTIA Publishes Request for Comments on Digital Equity Act Grant Programs in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- USAID Requests Input to Shape the Next Phase of Research for Development
March 3, 2023 Update
- Policy Update: CMS Releases Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule
- Agency Update: NIH Releases RFI on Plan to Enhance Public Access to the Results of NIH-Supported Research
- Hearing Update: House Science Committee Emphasizes Need for U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy
- Funding Opportunity: NSF-CISE Releases Solicitation for Safe Learning-Enabled Systems
- Engagement Opportunity: DARPA Releases RFI for DARPA Forward Initiative
February 24, 2023 Update
- Policy, Agency Updates and Funding, Engagement Opportunities
- Policy Update: Biden Administration Issues Report on Mental Health Research Priorities
- Agency Update: NIST Industrial Advisory Committee Previews Upcoming CHIPS R&D Funding and Programs
- Funding Opportunities:
- USDA NIFA Releases FY 2023 AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems RFA
- DOD Releases FY 2024 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) FOA
- Engagement Opportunity: NIH ACD Working Group on Re-envisioning NIH Supported Postdoctoral Training is Seeking Input
February 17, 2023 Update
- Policy, Agency Updates and Funding, Engagement Opportunities
- Policy Updates
- CMS Releases Guidance on Rebates for Prescription Drugs Under the Inflation Reduction Act
- Biden Administration Announces Plan to End Public Health Emergency
- Agency Update: FDA Announces Organizational Restructuring to Establish the Human Foods Program
- Funding Opportunites:
- USDA NIFA Releases FY 2023 AFRI Foundational and Applied Science RFA
- DOD Releases NFO for the STEM National Defense Education Program (NDEP)
- AFOSR Releases FOA for University Center of Excellence in Intelligent Structures for Morphing High Speed Vehicles
- Department of Defense Releases FY 2024 DURIP Solicitations
- NSF Releases Solicitation Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models in Partnership with NIH
- Engagement Opportunities:
- EDA Requests Input to Inform the Regional Tech Hubs Program
- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Solicits Nominations for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
February 10, 2023 Update
- Policy, Agency Updates and Funding Opportunities
- Policy Update: CMS Releases the 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice
- Agency Update: NAIRR-TF Releases Initial Task Force Report
- Funding Opportunities:
- NOAA Releases Solicitation for Building Capacity for Environmental Literacy
- National Science Foundation Announces New Global Centers (GC) Solicitation for Use-Inspired Research Addressing Global Challenges in Climate Change and Clean Energy