Engineering

Washington Update - May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025
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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...

NIST NOFO for Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

May 15, 2025
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The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced its fiscal year (FY) 2025 notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for its extramural Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs. NIST is seeking proposals across a range of science and engineering research areas, such as artificial intelligence, metrology, and advanced manufacturing. A full list of relevant research areas can be found in Lewis-Burke’s summary...

Engagement Opportunity: RFI on the American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP)

May 8, 2025
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Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) have recently launched theAmerican Science Acceleration Project (ASAP)– a bipartisan initiative to dramatically increase the pace of scientific and technological discovery with the goal of “making American science 10...

Policy Update: National Science Foundation Updates

May 9, 2025
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This Lewis-Burke report provides an update on policy developments at the National Science Foundation (NSF). May 10, 2025, marks the 75th Anniversary of NSF – “Since 1950, NSF has invested in ideas and innovations across all fields of science and engineering.” While celebrations have been scaled back, the National Science Board (NSB) noted earlier this week the significant achievements of NSF to date, and that success in the next 50 years will look very different.

NASA University Leadership Initiative Solicitation

April 4, 2025
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Lewis-Burke has provided a repost about NASA's eighth University Leadership Initiative (ULI) competition. Established in 2015, ULI supports university-led teams conducting research to exercise technical and organizational leadership in proposing unique technical challenges in aeronautics, defining multi-disciplinary solutions, establishing peer review mechanisms, and applying innovative teaming strategies to strengthen the research impact. Projects should address specific...

NSTC Scalable Memory Architecture Program

April 8, 2025
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Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about a new $33.5 million funding opportunity from the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), the Scalable Memory Architecture Program (SMAP).

SMAP aims to develop new architectural solutions that leverage new memory technologies and advanced packaging techniques to create the “data, tools, and technology assessment capabilities needed to optimize performance, reduce latency, and improve energy efficiency...

Washington Update - April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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

Policy Update: Agency Responses to Executive Orders Agency Update: NSB Seeking Nominations for Board Members for 2026 -2032 Term     Funding Opportunity: Department of Transportation Releases FY 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All NOFO    Funding Opportunity: NSTC Scalable Memory...

Engagement Opportunity: DARPA MTO Hosts Spark Tank Event & Invite-Only Pitch Day

March 26, 2025
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) is hosting a Spark Tank event on July 24 and 25 in Aurora, Colorado. This event aims to expand DARPA MTO’s engagement with stakeholders across the innovation ecosystem. MTO seeks to engage with small businesses, startups, and others who have not previously engaged with DARPA. MTO’s mission is to “dominate the microsystems ecology militarily and economically.”  The event will allow participants to engage directly with MTO leadership and program managers. Attendees will have the opportunity...

POLICY UPDATE: Agency Responses to Executive Orders

March 10, 2025
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Lewis-Burke has provided an updated report on the agency response to recent Executive Orders document with updates from the following agencies:

HHS DOC DOE NASA NSF NEA USAID EPA USDA

DOD FY 2026 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Solicitation

March 7, 2025
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Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the FY26 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Solicitation.

Originally established in 1985, MURI remains one of the most popular programs among researchers at institutions of higher education and stands as the benchmark for building a defense-oriented research capability on campus. With the goal of leveraging interdisciplinary teams to understand and achieve revolutionary breakthroughs on behalf of...