Biological Sciences

Washington Update - January 10, 2025

January 10, 2025
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Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Drug and Medical Device Development Policy Update: FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Improve Performance of Oximeters in Clinical Settings 2025 Education and Workforce Policy Predictions Engagement Opportunity: 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium Releases Call for Abstracts Funding...

Policy Update: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Drug and Medical Device Development

January 8, 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two draft recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical product development. Please see below and attached for details on these two draft recommendations. Learn more here.

Engagement Opportunity: 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium Releases Call for Abstracts

January 6, 2025
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The 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), the Department of Defense’s (DOD) premier medical research meeting, recently released a call for abstracts to present at its annual symposium. The joint symposium offers a unique opportunity for interested researchers to engage with program managers and DOD officials, who are often hard to reach virtually without a prior connection, on military biomedical and health-related research topics. Thematic tracks and discussion topics range broadly. This year, focus areas include combat casualty care, traumatic brain injury (TBI),...

Congress Releases Conferenced FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act

December 12, 2024
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Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the conferenced version of the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA authorizes programs and establishes policies that advance U.S. national security programs across the government, including the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE). The NDAA is generally considered an annual “must-pass” bill, given its substantial impacts on national security and the U.S. military.

The...

Washington Update - December 6, 2024

December 6, 2024
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Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report In this report:

Agency Update: NIJ Releases Anticipated FY 2025 Research Interests New Policy Update: Department of Energy Research Security Overview Engagement Opportunity: ARPA-H’s Announces Proposers’ Day for EHI Initiative Funding Opportunity: NSF Releases Updated ExLENT Solicitation

Engagement Opportunity: ARPA-H’s Proposers’ Day for EHI Initiative

December 3, 2024
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) announced the Emerging Health Innovators (EHI) Initiative, which aims to engage, identify, and fund early career investigators and community innovators to ultimately increase access to federal funding and bridge existing healthcare gaps across the United States. The initiative is a collaborative project with the Customer Experience (CX) Hub of ARPANET-H. As a first step, ARPA-H is launching a...

NSF ExLENT Solicitation

December 3, 2024
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Lewis-Burke Assosicates have provided us with a report about NSF's Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program. The ExLENT program provides funding to support experiential learning opportunities that increase access to emerging technology careers for individuals no matter their educational or career background. The ExLENT solicitation supports proposals across three tracks, all focused on individuals with different levels of STEM education or...

Washington Update - November 22, 2024

November 22, 2024
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Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Bioeconomy Snapshot - November 2024 Policy Update: Department of Energy Research Security Overview Funding Opportunity: USDA and FFAR Release a Request for Proposals to Host 2026 G20 Meeting of Agriculture Chief Scientists Funding Opportunity: DOD SERDP Releases FY 2026 Core BAA

Washington Update - October 18, 2024

October 18, 2024
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Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Engagement Opportunity: Senator Gillibrand Requests Input on the Bioeconomy Funding Opportunity: October 2024 Federal Programs Providing Support for International Collaborations Funding Opportunity: Department of Defense Releases FY 2025 Minerva Research Initiative FOA Funding...

Washington Update - October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024
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Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Engagement Opportunity: HHS Releases RFI for the Development of the 2026-2030 National HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Vaccines, and Viral Hepatitis Strategies Engagement Opportunity: Lewis-Burke and DOD Basic Research Office (BRO) to Host Research Security Webinar Funding Opportunities: Federal Opportunities for Equipment and Infrastructure 2024