Computing, Data Science & AI/ML

Overview of Federal Artificial Intelligence Research and Policy Issues

July 7, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about federal policies and funding opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). AI/ML is a top research priority under the Biden Administration and continues to enjoy strong bipartisan support given the wide range of applications in national security, health care, education, climate and energy, finance, manufacturing, agriculture, and scientific discovery.

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...

NSF Releases Solicitation for National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes

August 2, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about the NSF's solicitation for the fourth competition of the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes. The latest solicitation focuses on themes aimed at “transformational advances in a range of economic sectors, and science and engineering fields,” and includes funding opportunities associated with two funding years: fiscal year (FY) 2024 and FY 2025.

Congressional Snapshot: DOE Quantum Information Science Program

August 8, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC has provided this report about Congress' plans to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative and summarizes key DOE programs in the draft quantum legislation. Please see the report for more information.

Energy Research Update: DOE Computing Research Priorities

August 4, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with this report providing advance intelligence on recent activities, emerging priorities, and future opportunities within the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program. ASCR primarily funds applied math and computer science research programs and builds and operates the government’s most advanced high performance computing facilities. Please see the full report for more information.

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...

ARL releases FOA for Collaborative Adversarial Cyber Decision Making

August 23, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) seeks research proposals for the Adversarial Resilient Cyber Effects for Decision Dominance Collaboration Research Program (ARCEDD-CRP). Modeled after their Collaborative Research Alliances (CRAs), ARL intends to fund multiple cooperative agreements in two cycles, this first seedling cycle in fiscal year (FY) 2024 and a second seedling cycle in FY 2026. ARCEDD-CRP’s purpose is to aid in the discovery of knowledge and the advancement of “scientific foundations of multidomain cyber deception, cyber resilience, and machine learning for cybersecurity...

NSF Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) Solicitation

December 18, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates had provided campus with a report about NSF’s newly released solicitation for Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG). The RFP invites proposals for projects aimed at addressing research questions from across the breadth of the Geosciences Directorate using AI tools and methods. Funding for the program will be up to $10 million for 10-15 awards and proposals are due on March 15, 2024.

DOE Funding Opportunities Snapshot February 2024 Update

February 20, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report which provides advanced intelligence on recent activities, emerging priorities, and future opportunities within the Department of Energy (DOE). New in this update are new funding opportunities in AI for Science, quantum computing, Regional Energy Crop Hubs, and ARPA-E’s electric vehicle battery circularity program.