Federal Funding Opportunity

The Department of Defense has released the FY 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) funding opportunity announcement. DOD is seeking single investigators to conduct basic, unclassified research in DOD areas of interest. Particularly, DOD is seeking ambitious “blue sky” science and engineering research proposals that could spark new, revolutionary capabilities. The program aims to foster enduring relationships with VBFF Fellows, who go on to become experts and conveners in Defense science and technology communities. Applicants must identify one of the program’s eight...

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided a report about the Natcast, the non-profit entity created to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) Consortium, announcement of the NSTC Workforce Partner Alliance (WFPA) program and its Call for Proposals (CFP). The WFPA CFP will support new, or scale existing programs focused on closing workforce and skills gaps in the U.S. for researchers, engineers, and technicians across semiconductor design, manufacturing, and...

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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Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report for more information about NSF's solicitation to establish a Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience, supported by the BIO Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). This new Center aims to support research to “advance our ability to explain and predict organismal resiliency and plasticity in response to complex and dynamic environmental circumstances encountered over a lifespan.”