Energy, Environment, & Sustainability

Bureau of Land Management FY25 Grant Programs

June 25, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
This month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 Bureau-wide solicitations, open to most geographic locations in the United States. The cooperative agreement and financial assistance awards will support wildlife and resource management and conservation, with individual focuses on forests, rangeland, wildfire prevention, native plants, recreation services, and invasive and endangered species. Thirteen opportunities have been released to date with deadlines of either July 11 or July 23, listed below. Opportunities Due July 11, 2025 ...

DOE Snapshop- June 2025

June 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided this report on DOE's proposed priorities for FY26.

ONR and AFOSR FY26 Young Investigator Programs (YIPs)

June 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) released their much-anticipated solicitations for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Young Investigator Programs (YIPs). Both solicitations seek research proposals across a span of defense-related science and engineering research topic areas. Lewis-Burke strongly recommends that interested faculty reach out to the appropriate program officer to discuss research proposals ahead of submission.

ONR YIP

Each investigator must have received a PhD or equivalent degree on or after January 1...

Engagement Opportunity: DARPA BTO Agricultural Defense Innovations

June 11, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) released a Special Topic Area (STA) solicitation, Ag x BTO, seeking proposals to strengthen agricultural defense across the supply chain against both natural and manmade threats. This limited-time solicitation requires applicants to submit 7-minute video pitches addressing one or more of the following technical focus areas:

Early Warning Systems: Improving surveillance...

Defense Innovation Unit Release Dual-Use University Accelerator Challenge

May 30, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) released its Dual-Use University Accelerator Challenge solicitation, a 12-week program which aims to provide prize awards, tailored mentorship, and defense engagement opportunities. The DIU University Defense Accelerator Prize seeks to address challenges in technology translation (between TRL 2-4) that students, faculty, and university-founded startups face. Applications will be evaluated by a set of DOD innovation experts, and fifteen finalists will be selected to participate in the Accelerator Challenge starting in August 2025.

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Washington Update - May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Policy Update: House of Representatives Advances Reconciliation Package  Policy Update: Make America Healthy Again Commission Releases Report on Chronic Childhood Diseases     Policy Update: Department of Defense Snapshot May 2025       Funding Opportunity: Air Force Office of...

Energy Update: New DOE Policy on Financial Assistance Reviews and Progress on DOE Nominations

May 16, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided an update report on Department of Energy (DOE) activities, including a new DOE policy to review financial assistance awards; the start of certain applied energy merit reviews and advisory committee meetings, including a call for nominations for the Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee; renaming of DOE offices ahead of a larger reorganization; and an update on DOE leadership confirmations, including the confirmation of DOE Deputy...

Energy Update: DOE Releases Preliminary Information on FY 2026 Budget Request

May 9, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

This Lewis-Burke report provides an update on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2026 budget request, highlights from the first congressional budget hearing with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and status of DOE leadership positions. More detailed information at the program and project level won’t be available until the Trump Administration releases the full budget request planned at the end of the month, but the preliminary budget proposal already makes clear...

Agency Update: Implications of EPA Reorganization for Environmental Health Research and Regulatory Science

May 5, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

On Friday, the Administration began releasing information about their proposed reorganization at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which may have major implications for environmental research, regulatory science, and federal support for...

Energy Snapshot: DOE Navigates Indirect Costs and Future Plans for Operation

April 29, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

This Lewis-Burke report provides an update on Department of Energy (DOE) leadership positions, R&D priorities, and status of operations. This note also includes a slide on DOE’s recent F&A order and TRO.