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. Amy Kircher (akircher@umn.edu) is the University’s interim director of Federal Relations. 

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.

March 1, 2024 Update

  • Congressional Update: House Education and Workforce Committee Holds Bipartisan Member Roundtable on Antisemitism at Postsecondary Institutions
  • Administration Update: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Access to Sensitive Data
  • Funding Opportunities: 
    • NSF Releases Solicitation for Ideas Lab Focused on Use-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design
    • NIST Releases CHIPS NAPMP Materials and Substrates R&D NOFO
    • DOD Releases FY 2025 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) FOA

February 16, 2024 Update

  • Administration Update: White House Officially Launches NSTC; Announces CHIPS R&D Updates 
  • Funding Opportunities: 
    • NSF Releases Accelerating Computing Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED)
    • NSWC Crane Releases Long Range BAA for Primary Mission
    • DARPA Announces BLUE Program Proposers Day
    • ONR Releases FY 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
  • Policy Update: OSTP Issues Updated Guidance on Common Disclosure Forms and Foreign Talent Programs