Federal Funding Opportunity

Bureau of Land Management FY25 Grant Programs

June 25, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
This month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 Bureau-wide solicitations, open to most geographic locations in the United States. The cooperative agreement and financial assistance awards will support wildlife and resource management and conservation, with individual focuses on forests, rangeland, wildfire prevention, native plants, recreation services, and invasive and endangered species. Thirteen opportunities have been released to date with deadlines of either July 11 or July 23, listed below. Opportunities Due July 11, 2025 ...

ONR and AFOSR FY26 Young Investigator Programs (YIPs)

June 20, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) released their much-anticipated solicitations for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Young Investigator Programs (YIPs). Both solicitations seek research proposals across a span of defense-related science and engineering research topic areas. Lewis-Burke strongly recommends that interested faculty reach out to the appropriate program officer to discuss research proposals ahead of submission.

ONR YIP

Each investigator must have received a PhD or equivalent degree on or after January 1...

DHA Military Health System Research Program Solicitation

June 6, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) released its Military Health System Research Program (MHSRP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which seeks innovative and groundbreaking research on “factors that affect the military health enterprise.” The MHSRP seeks research proposals that aim to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery within the military health system, including military treatment facilities, healthcare networks, and the private sector, on the...

Defense Innovation Unit Release Dual-Use University Accelerator Challenge

May 30, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) released its Dual-Use University Accelerator Challenge solicitation, a 12-week program which aims to provide prize awards, tailored mentorship, and defense engagement opportunities. The DIU University Defense Accelerator Prize seeks to address challenges in technology translation (between TRL 2-4) that students, faculty, and university-founded startups face. Applications will be evaluated by a set of DOD innovation experts, and fifteen finalists will be selected to participate in the Accelerator Challenge starting in August 2025.

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DHA Military Health System Research Program Soliciation

June 6, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) released its Military Health System Research Program (MHSRP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which seeks innovative and groundbreaking research on “factors that affect the military health enterprise.” The MHSRP seeks research proposals that aim to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery within the military health system, including military treatment facilities, healthcare networks, and the private sector, on the topics of organization, policy, delivery of care, and the financial cost of healthcare.

The letter of intent for...

DARPA DSO Office-Wide BAA

June 6, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) has released its annual Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), inviting research proposals that could lead to transformative advances in science, technology, and systems relevant to national security. Through this solicitation, DSO is seeking revolutionary, high-risk, high-reward ideas, not incremental advancements of existing or ongoing DARPA programs. While DSO welcomes any proposal that aligns with its mission, applicants are strongly encouraged to align their proposal to DSO’s four technical...

NIH Autism Data Science Initiative

May 28, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Institutes of Health has launched a new Autism Data Science Initiative (...

NEH Releases Chairman’s Grants in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary: Celebrate America!

April 15, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has released a call for proposals for the Chairman’s Grants in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary: Celebrate America! These grants aim to fund projects that highlight key moments in United States history, including “the founding of the American nation, key historical figures, and milestones that reflect the exceptional achievements of the United States.” NEH will award at least 250 proposals grants for up to $25,000. The application for Celebrate America! opened on April 14, 2025, and will be...

NASA University Leadership Initiative Solicitation

April 4, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...