Energy, Environment, & Sustainability

EPA Releases STAR Solicitation for Air Pollution Data in Underserved Communities

April 11, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the Environmental Protection Agency's new solicitation under its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and in partnership with Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) research program to support research on air pollution data and communication of air quality information for underserved communities affected by hazardous air pollutants. Applicants should propose...

Federal Opportunities for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions

April 26, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report which provides an overview of federal opportunities specifically available for MSIs and HBCUs. The Biden Administration has continued to prioritize and support Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCUs) across all federal agencies, proposing increases to existing programs as well as looking toward Congress to...

Agency Update: DOE Prepares Funding Solicitations for Microelectronics and Fusion Centers and ARPA-E OPEN Call for Clean Energy Technologies

April 24, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about current and planned Department of Energy (DOE) funding opportunities. This snapshot also includes a funding outlook for the DOE Office of Science and planned DOE investments in emerging technology areas. The focus of this snapshot is on DOE Office of Science and ARPA-E opportunities.

ARPA-E 2024 Vision OPEN Call FOA

June 10, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates had provided a report about Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) new FOA for its Vision OPEN 2024 program to fund up to 50 clean energy technology projects. Unlike ARPA-E’s standard technology program solicitations, which...

Energy Storage Snapshot: DOE Funding and Engagement Opportunities

June 24, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The snapshot includes information on the upcoming DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge Summit and Energy Storage program annual meeting and peer review, federal funding outlook for DOE energy storage activities, and future planned funding solicitations. Lewis-Burke Asociates has provided campus with this DOE snapshot on upcoming funding and engagement...

DOE and EPA Release Joint Funding Solicitation for Methane Emissions Monitoring and Reduction Program

June 24, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) newly released joint $850 million funding opportunity announcement to reduce methane emissions at existing oil and gas sites as well as develop new methane emissions monitoring and reduction technologies. Specifically, the DOE and EPA plan to use funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to fund:

1) Industry-led projects deploying existing...

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Broad Agency Announcement

June 27, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the Navy Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division BAA, which lists 16 topic areas of interest to advance naval aviation, many of which are in direct alignment with the Department of Defense’s critical technology areas for national security, such as cyber, AI/ML, energy storage, materials, hypersonics and quantum. Eligibility is open to academic, private sector and non-profit proposers, and white papers will be accepted...

Belmont Forum Funding Calls for Africa Environmental Research and Tropical Forest Research

June 26, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided campus with a report about the Belmont Forum, an international partnership of 39 science organizations and funding institutions, 2024 collaborative research actions (CRAs) to support the work of international research consortiums around selected themes. The first 2024 CRA, the Africa Regional Call (ARC), aims to address climate change vulnerability and risks across the African continent.  The second CRA, Tropical Forests: Global...