Biological Sciences

Policy Update: Congressional Interest in NIH Reform Continues with New Framework, Engagement Opportunities

June 24, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about congressional interest in NIH reform continues with new framework and engagement opportunities. In recent months congressional interest in policy changes for biomedical research, specifically focused on the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has increased substantially. Several factors, including scrutiny of the agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a perceived lack of transparency and oversight of certain...

Congressional Update: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Holds Hearing on Research Security

February 20, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee's hearing on Examining Federal Science Agency Actions to Secure the U.S. Science and Technology Enterprise on Thursday February 15. Witnesses included Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Dr. Rebecca Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy at the National Science Foundation (NSF); Dr. Geri Richmond,...

Washington Update - May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Appropriations Update: House Releases Funding Targets and Schedule to Advance FY 2025 Appropriations Bills Engagement Opportunity: USDA Seeking Nominees for the Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

Washington Update - May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Policy Update: FDA Issues Final Rule to Regulate Laboratory-Developed Testing Services Engagement Opportunity: NIST to Host CHIPS Manufacturing USA Proposers Day Engagement Opportunity: DOT ARPA-I RFI on AI in Transportation Engagement Opportunity: NIH Seeking Nominees for the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating...

Washington Update - June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Agency Update: CHIPS NSTC Update Engagement Opportunity: Federal Advisory Committee Nomination Opportunities Update Engagement Opportunity: Tentative Dates and Location Released for 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium Funding Opportunity: DARPA Releases BAAs for Quantum and AI Research

NSF DCL: Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign)

February 17, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to support Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign). BioDesign will support collaborative research projects inspired by the natural world to increase understanding of general principles about biological and/or engineering systems and utilize these principles to work towards new engineered systems or products. For more information, please see the...

Hearing Update: House Science Committee Emphasizes Need for U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy

March 2, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

On February 28, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing to assess U.S. leadership in science and technology and the impacts to U.S. competitiveness and national security of China’s attempts to surpass U.S. scientific leadership. A major focus of the hearing was to identify key objectives for a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy and a quadrennial science and technology review to maintain U.S. competitiveness. For more information, please see the...

NIH Announces Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development

March 6, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report about the NIH's new opportunity for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). These awards, which will be issued using the P20 exploratory grants mechanism, represent the first major new opportunity through NIH’s Climate Change and Health Initiative, which received $40 million in new funding through the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The CCHRCs will serve as transdisciplinary research environments for the...

NSF BIO Releases Solicitation for Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience

March 7, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report for more information about NSF's solicitation to establish a Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience, supported by the BIO Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). This new Center aims to support research to “advance our ability to explain and predict organismal resiliency and plasticity in response to complex and dynamic environmental circumstances encountered over a lifespan.”

Agency Update: ARPA-H Makes Major Announcements on Funding Opportunities, Personnel, and Locations

March 16, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' resport about the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) which has released its first Open Broad Agency Announcement (Open BAA) and announced a wide range of agency actions, including the hiring of its first program managers (PMs) and mission office directors, selection of its first of three physical sites or Hubs, solicitation of the remaining two Hubs, and a new “ARPA-H Dash” competition soliciting ideas from the health, scientific, and technology communities. Modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-H...