Energy, Environment, & Sustainability

Washington Update - December 1, 2025

December 1, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Policy Update: White House RFI on Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise       Energy Updates: Major DOE Reorganization, Genesis Mission Announcement, and Senate E&W Bill Released  Agency Update: NIH Released Updated Reopening Guidance       Funding Opportunity: Microelectronics Commons Releases FY 2026 Call for Projects (CFP)   

Washington Update - November 21, 2025

November 21, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Policy Update: Lewis-Burke Artificial Intelligence Landscape: Federal Research Activities and Policy Priorities    Agency Update: State of Play for DOE Bioenergy Research Centers    Agency Update: ED Announces New Agency Partnerships to Transition Functions    Funding Opportunity: DOE...

Policy Update: DOE Releases Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap to Guide Future Investments

October 17, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided a report on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans to grow program activities and investments in fusion energy. On October 17, DOE released a Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap to guide future federal investments. At the same time, the Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy released its report calling on the federal government to invest $10 billion for fusion commercialization. This document provides more information on the Roadmap...

Funding Opportunity: SERDP Releases FY 2027 Core BAA

November 19, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The DOD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) released it’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking responses to three statements of need. Interested investigators must submit a pre-proposal by January 13, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET. Invitations for full proposals are...

Funding Opportunity: DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Application Open

November 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
The Department of Energy (DOE) has opened applications for its annual Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) program. The program funds doctoral candidates studying science, math, engineering, or computer science, with a cross-cutting focus of computational science, for up to four years with a $45,000 yearly stipend. Fellows gain hands-on experience and participate in research in...

Funding Opportunity: DOE Releases $355 million to Expand Critical Minerals and Materials Production

November 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
On November 14, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) released two Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) totaling $355 million to...

Agency Update: State of Play for DOE Bioenergy Research Centers

November 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided an analysis on potential BRC Research Thrusts based on Bioeconomy Workshops held from October 2024 – March 2025. This analysis also includes a tentative timeline forecasting the BRC competition.

Washington Update - October 10, 2025

October 10, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report(link is external). In this report:

LBA Shutdown Guidance  Funding Opportunity: DOE Releases FY 2026 Open Call    Funding Opportunity: DARPA Announces DSO Pitch Day     Funding Opportunity: NSF Releases Revised Accelerator Research Translation (ART) Solicitation (note, this is a limited submission and campus applicants must follow the process described here: https://groups....

Funding Opportunity: DARPA DSO Pitch Day

October 8, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) will host a DSO Pitch Day on January 14, 2026, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This DSO pitch day is an invite-only event. Interested applicants must submit abstracts and draft pitch day proposals through which DSO will select applicants and invite individuals to present their ideas in person at the event. Applicants must include both a relevant DSO thrust area and a specific area of interest in their abstract package.

Abstracts are due for this solicitation on October 27, 2025, at...

DOE FY2026 Open Call

October 7, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
Lewis-Burke has provided an analysis of the Department of Energy (DOE) fiscal year (FY) 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (Open Call). Open through September 30, 2026, DOE is using this open call as a primary vehicle for directly funding research university proposals, particularly for single Principal Investigators and small research groups. As in previous years, a majority of this $500 million is dedicated to...