Engineering

On January 8, the House passed in a bipartisan vote of 397 to 28 a $175 billion “minibus” spending package (H.R. 6938) that includes three fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills: Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS); Energy and Water Development (E&W); and Interior and Environment (Interior). The Senate plans to consider the minibus package starting today. This spending package funds many federal science, workforce, and economic development agencies of interest to the research community, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National...

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...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it will publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the University Transportation Centers (...

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...