This Lewis-Burke Associates report provides an update and advance intelligence on recent activities, emerging priorities, and future opportunities within the Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. This analysis is based on information from the virtual BER Advisory Committee (BERAC) meeting held on April 19-20, 2023, the FY 2024 President’s budget request, and discussions with DOE program managers.
This Lewis-Burke Associates' report includes updates on the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, a report from the White House Science and Technology Policy on the bioeconomy workforce, and funding opportunities.
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about the new solicitation from NSF for their Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II Centers Program. The PIPP program covers fundamental research and development (R&D) activities focused on grand challenges in prediction and prevention related to infectious disease pandemics. This is a limited submission opportunity. Interested teams must pollow the campus process described...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about the DOD's United States Special Operations Command's open, five-year Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Biomedical & Human Performance Research and Development. The BAA solicits basic and applied research proposals that “identify and develop techniques, knowledge products, and materiel (medical devices, drugs, and biologics) for early intervention in life-threatening injuries; prolonged field care (PFC); human...
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC has provided campus a report about the NIH and NSF's solicitation on “Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science” through the Smart and Connected Health (SCH) program. The SCH program supports innovative, high-risk, high-reward research to promote disruptive transformations in biomedical and public health research, drawing from coordinated, convergent, and interdisciplinary approaches from...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided a report with advance intelligence on recent activities, emerging priorities, and future opportunities within the Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. This analysis is based on information from the virtual Fall 2023 BER Advisory Committee (BERAC) meeting held on October 19-20, 2023, the FY 2024 DOE budget request, the House and Senate FY 2024 Energy and Water bills, DOE workshop and roundtable...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with an update on the current federal state of play in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and the bioeconomy. This update features an engagement opportunity through the National Science Foundation (NSF): Catalyzing Across Sectors to Advance the Bioeconomy (CASA-Bio), which aims to help set federal cross-sector priorities in the wide-ranging biotechnology space. NSF encourages interested stakeholders to participate in a series...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) new Ideas Lab solicitation, this one focused onUse-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design. The aim of this Ideas lab is to increase the translation of “novel approaches to protein design and enable new applications” that advance national efforts related to the...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) new Ideas Lab solicitation. This opportunity, focused on Use-Inspired Applications of Cell-Free Systems, aims to reduce the costs and increase the capabilities of cell-free systems for carrying out biochemical processes. This Ideas Lab aligns with NSF’s ongoing interest in expanding...
Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the new Global Centers (GC) solicitation from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This is the second GC competition and will focus on Use-Inspired Research Addressing the Bioeconomy. This is an NSF-wide activity in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and research funders from Canada, the United Kingdom (UK), and new for...
