Biological Sciences

Analysis of the President’s FY 2024 Budget Request for Federal Research, Health, Workforce and Education Programs

March 17, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates' have provided their annual report analyzing the the FY 2024 President’s budget request for federal research, health, education, and workforce development programs.

Engagement Opportunity: NIH Issues RFI on Food is Medicine Research Opportunities

April 12, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has shared with UC Berkeley that NIH has released a request for information seeking comments on Food is Medicine research programs, citing the recent White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health...

DOD CDMRP FY23 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Solicitations

April 6, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report for more informaton about the DOD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program's 2023 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program solicitations. These incluse a new “Advancing Cancer Care Through Clinical Trials Award.” For FY23, Congress allocated $130 million to the PRCRP in twenty topic areas. The PRCRP aims to support innovative, high-impact cancer research that leads to clear and impactful advances in the health care of...

DOE Research and Funding Priorities for Biological, Climate and Environmental Sciences

May 12, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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.

Talent and Workforce Development Snapshot

July 11, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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.

NSF Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II Centers Program

July 24, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...

DOD Releases 2023-2028 Extramural Biomedical & Human Performance BAA

July 31, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...

NSF and NIH Release Second Solicitation on Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science

August 15, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...

DOE Research and Funding Priorities for Biological, Climate, and Environmental Sciences

November 16, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...

Bioeconomy Snapshot - January 2024

January 29, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...