Federal Funding Opportunity

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...

UC Drug Discovery Consortium (UC DDC) Seed Funding

August 29, 2024

The University of California Drug Discovery Consortium (UC DDC) is seeking applications for the 2024 Seed Funding Program. This program will support exceptional UC faculty to advance promising drug discovery or drug development projects. Data generated with seed funding from the UC DCC is intended to position the faculty member to pursue federal, philanthropic, or commercial...

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...

NSF Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator Program

August 14, 2024

For a full report, view the Lewis-Burke write-up. The National Science Foundation recently announced a new program for Regional Resilience Innovation Incubators (R2I2). This program will support collaborative, community-engaged initiatives to develop and implement scalable solutions to climate-related challenges by translating recent research advancements in climate and Earth system science into practical applications. R2I2 will be implemented in two phases, concept creation...

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,...

NOAA Climate Program Office Competitions

August 14, 2024

For a full report, view the Lewis-Burke write-up. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its suite of 2024 Climate Program Office competitions which cover a wide variety of topics in climate science in addition to a new one-time program from the National Marine Fisheries Service funded by the Inflation Reduction Act funding citizen science. These programs are excellent for researchers who would like to receive funding from NOAA as an individual or...

SBA Expanded Regional Innovation Cluster Network Solicitation

July 3, 2024

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the launch of a new and expanded Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) competition. The RIC Network primarily serves to support geographically aligned industries or fields by convening “businesses, suppliers, service...

IES Special Education and Postsecondary Evaluation

August 15, 2024

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with an analysis of two new IES opportunities. The “Special Education Dissertation Research Fellowship Program” competition is out of the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and is focused on preparing “individuals to conduct rigorous and relevant education and special education research” which is intended to assist doctoral students with their studies. The “Strengthening Program Evaluation Capacity...

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...