Computing, Data Science & AI/ML

On January 5, Congress released a bipartisan, bicameral legislative package that would provide final fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding levels and spending directives for agencies funded through the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS); Energy and Water Development (E&W); and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Interior) Appropriations Acts. The package, also known as a minibus, would provide a total of $174.6 billion in discretionary funding across all three appropriations acts, and among other directives, includes language within the CJS and E&W...

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) has announced a request for information (RFI) to gather feedback on its new proposed Tech Labs Initiative. The Tech Labs initiative aims to create new independent research organizations that will accelerate research with real-world applications, scale across technology readiness levels (TRL), and de-risk the development of emerging technologies to be applicable for industry investment. NSF seeks input from academia, nonprofits, venture capital, the private sector, and other interested...

Lewis-Burke has provided a report on a new RFP from the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Network for Microelectronics Education (NNME) for Regional Nodes (Nodes), or regional consortia of educational, workforce, and industry organizations to accelerate, expand, and improve microelectronics talent development. The RFP invites proposals to establish “geographically distributed national infrastructure dedicated to solving the country’s microelectronics talent crisis...