Engineering

Washington Update - August 16, 2024

August 16, 2024

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

Funding Opportunity: DHS S&T Directorate Releases FY 2024 Long Range BAA Funding Opportunity: NSF Releases Solicitation for Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships Funding Opportunity: NOAA Releases 2024 Climate Program Office Competitions Funding Opportunities: IES Special Education and Postsecondary Evaluation DOD Funding Opportunities:...

Washington Update - August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024

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

Appropriations Update: Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2025 Interior and Environment Bill Appropriations Update: Senate Appropriations Releases FY 2025 CJS Bill and Report Engagement Opportunity: DARPA Announces Fall 2024 Discover DSO Day Funding Opportunity: DOD Releases FOA for FY 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Funding Opportunity: EDA Releases New...

DARPA Defense Sciences Office Discover DSO Day (D3)

August 1, 2024

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) will host a Discover DSO Day (D3) on October 3-4, 2024, in Boston, MA. DARPA DSO hosted a D3 event in February of this year in San Franscisco, where it was reported that a second D3 would be held in the fall on the east coast. Like the previous D3, this D3 event is in-person only and will provide an overview of DARPA, an opportunity to engage with DSO program managers, and offer useful information to potential proposers.

Often referred to as “DARPA’s DARPA,” DSO’s mission is to foster innovation and...

ONR National Oceanographic Partnership Program BAA

August 27, 2024

For a full report, view the Lewis-Burke write-up. The Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently released their National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Broad Agency Announcement for 2024. ONR is seeking proposals that aim to promote ocean knowledge as a means for supporting national security and general research to sustain U.S. resources. This year’s BAA will focus on two overarching research topics:

Topic 1: Internal Wave Energy, Mixing, and...

NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1

August 23, 2024

For a full report, view the Lewis-Burke write-up. The National Science Foundation recently announced a new round of the Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 program. The Mid-scale RI-1 program supports the design or implementation of unique and compelling research infrastructure projects that respond to an identified need of the research community and/or fulfillment of a national need to enable U.S. researchers to be competitive in a global research environment. Mid-scale...

ONR Electronic Warfare and Surveillance BAA/ARL Collaborative Research Alliance BAA

August 15, 2024

The Department of Defense (DOD) issued Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) for two funding opportunities. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking research in “Enabling Technologies for Electronic Warfare and Surveillance,” and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is seeking multiple disciplinary research teams interested in creating and expanding the “theoretical and scientific understanding of human-agent interactions in AI-supported team decision making.” Please see below for further details.

Enabling Technologies for Electronic Warfare and Surveillance...

DHS S&T Directorate FY24 Long Range BAA

August 14, 2024

For a full report, view the Lewis-Burke write-up. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is inviting submissions to its Long Range Broad Agency Announcement 24-01 (LRBAA 24-01), soliciting research and development project applications that address a wide range of disciplines and topic areas relevant to advancing the agency’s scientific and technical knowledge,...

Army Applications Lab Releases BAA for Disruptive Applications

June 27, 2024

The U.S. Army Futures Command’s (AFC) Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Disruptive Applications, updated from its inaugural release in 2019. The AAL brings together government, academia, industry, and other ecosystems to conduct innovative research and development (R&D) of technologies that will revolutionize Army capabilities. This BAA will be continuously open to enable AAL to fund researchers who propose innovative research in disruptive technologies in relatively short periods of time.

The AAL seeks cutting-edge technology to...

Washington Update - June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024

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

Appropriations Update

·House Labor-HHS-ED Subcommittee Approves FY 2025 Appropriations Bill

Policy Updates

·Congressional Interest in NIH Reform Continues with New Framework, Engagement...

NIST Standardization Center of Excellence

July 2, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards Coordination Office released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to establish a new Standardization Center of Excellence (SCoE) that will advance U.S. leadership in developing international standards for critical and emerging technologies (CETs). The SCoE aims to better coordinate all aspects of standardization efforts between public- and private-sector stakeholders in order to advance U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. for more information, see the...