Federal Funding Opportunity

NSF U.S.-UK Center-to-Centre Collaboration Supplements in AI and Quantum Information Science

September 23, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has released a Dear Colleague Letter announcing an opportunity for supplemental funding requests. Aligned with the ...

Future Funding Opportunities and Award Notifications: DOE Announces Intent to Release Close to $1 Billion in NOFOs for Critical Materials Supply Chain

August 15, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
On August 13, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to release notices of funding opportunities (NOFO) totaling close to $1 billion to further the mining, processing, and manufacturing of critical minerals and materials, as...

Department of Transportation Research Funding and Engagement Opportunities

August 15, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Upcoming DOT opportunities are described in this Lewis-Burke report, including:

ARPA-I Ideas and Innovation Challenge

Federal Aviation Administration Research Grants

Surface Transportation Reauthorization Request for Information

United States Department of Transportation Strategic Plan

Forecasted: Research Ideas to Support Nationwide Automated Vehicle (AV) Deployment

DOE Domestic Critical Mineral Supply and Strengthen Magnet Manufacturing

August 29, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

On August 25, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $60 million to fund two new programs to strengthen domestic critical mineral supply chains and expand magnet manufacturing. Both programs are open to U.S. institutions of higher education, national laboratories, and industry. These new programs were previewed at the Domestic Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains workshop on August 20 and are part of $1 billion in investments DOE plans to release over the next few months for domestic critical...

BAA for Naval Air Warfare Center

June 30, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Navy Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently released their annual Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which lists 18 topic areas of interest to advance naval aviation, many of which are in direct alignment with the Department of Defense’s research priorities for national security, such as cyber, AI/ML, energy storage, materials, hypersonics and quantum. Eligibility is open to academic, private sector and non-profit proposers, and white papers will be accepted through June 22, 2026. More information on the solicitation and the various topics of interest can be found...

ONR Second Naval STEM Education and Workforce Program Solicitation for FY2025

July 14, 2025
Lewis-Burke

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) released its second FY2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), Education and Workforce Program.

This solicitation is open to all eligible sources from academia, non-profit and for-profit organizations proposing education-focused activities and programs and not for research proposals, unless the primary purpose of that research is to further education.

Examples of STEM education programs and activities that could be supported by this NOFO are as...

NSF Translation to Practice Solicitation

July 17, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) has released a solicitation for the new Translation to Practice (TTP) program. This program will support use-inspired research, translational activities, and partnerships that turn scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. There are three funding tracks that represent different starting points or stages in moving discoveries and innovations from the laboratory to practice:

NSF TTP-Explore (TTP-E) is a pilot track that is likely to be the first step for researchers...

NEH Releases Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Solicitation

July 10, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research is accepting applications for the Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program. This is a limited submission where Berkeley can submit only one application. Interested applicants must submit through the campus process here.

Proposals that examine national impacts of AI, including on “economic competitiveness and national security as well as civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and...

Joint Fire Science Program 2026 Funding Announcements

July 3, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The Interagency Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP), a partnership across seven federal wildland fire management and research agencies to support management-inspired wildfire research, has recently posted its2026 notice of funding opportunities (NOFOs). The combined total of all three award...

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 ...