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.
May 10, 2024 Update
- Engagement Opportunity: CDC Seeking Nominees for the Advisory Committee to the Director
- Funding Opportunities:
- DOT Releases Research Announcement for the Pipeline Safety Research and Development Program
- NIST Releases CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute NOFO for Digital Twin and Semiconductor NOFO
- IES Invites Applications for Longitudinal Data and Transformative Research Competitions
- NSF Announces New Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) Program
May 3, 2024 Update
- Policy Update: FDA Issues Final Rule to Regulate Laboratory-Developed Testing Services
- Funding Opportunity: NSF Announces New Molecular Foundations for Sustainability: Sustainable Polymers Enabled by Emerging Data Analytics (MFS-SPEED) Program
- Engagement Opportunities:
- DOT Releases ARPA-I RFI on AI in Transportation
- NIH Seeking Nominees for the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee
- Funding Opportunity: DOJ OJJDP Releases Solicitation for Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence Program
April 26, 2024 Update
- Policy Updates:
- U.S. Department of Education Releases Long Awaited title IX Rules
- HRSA Issues Final Rule on 340B Administrative Dispute Resolution Process
- Funding Opportunities:
- DHS Releases FY24 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Program NOFO
- NASA Requests Input on National Space Technology Priorities
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.
Lewis-Burke Analysis of FY 2024 Minibus
Lewis-Burke’s analysis of the first $460 billion FY 2024 minibus spending package.