Engineering

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

This Lewis-Burke Associates' report provides an update on federal policies and funding opportunities related to advanced manufacturing. Given the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy and national security, the Biden Administration has made concentrated efforts to prioritize onshoring U.S. manufacturing and strengthening the U.S. manufacturing base. This, along with a renewed focus on global competitiveness and U.S. innovation, has driven Congress to provide...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science released an $80 million solicitation to establish up to 20 emerging technologies accelerators. DOE National Lab-led teams, in partnership with research universities and industry, would focus on advancing use-inspired basic research and novel approaches to accelerate the transition from discovery to commercialization of new technologies that would form the basis of future industries.

Pre-proposals are mandatory and must be submitted by March 29.

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Lewis-Burke Associates has provided a report on the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation within the Department of Defense's notice of funding opportunity for the FY23 Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP). The DMCSP is designed to spearhead long-term investments in “critical skills, facilities, research and development, and small business support” to strengthen manufacturing capabilities and national security in designated defense manufacturing...