Federal Funding Opportunity

NSTC Semiconductor Workforce Partner Alliance (WFPA) Program

July 2, 2024
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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...

NSF DCL: Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign)

February 17, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to support Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign). BioDesign will support collaborative research projects inspired by the natural world to increase understanding of general principles about biological and/or engineering systems and utilize these principles to work towards new engineered systems or products. For more information, please see the...

DOE Releases Call for Emerging Technologies Accelerators

February 21, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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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NSF BIO Releases Solicitation for Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience

March 7, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

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.”

NIH Announces Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development

March 6, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report about the NIH's new opportunity for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). These awards, which will be issued using the P20 exploratory grants mechanism, represent the first major new opportunity through NIH’s Climate Change and Health Initiative, which received $40 million in new funding through the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The CCHRCs will serve as transdisciplinary research environments for the...

NSF SBE Releases New Centers for Research and Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society (CRISES) Opportunity

March 28, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report about a new funding opportunity from NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences to support the groundwork for its new Centers for Research and Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society (CRISES). CRISES is a SBE-driven center-level initiative that seeks to support multifaceted social, behavioral, and economics-led research teams to develop evidence-based solutions to complex societal challenges.

DOE Releases Call for Energy Earthshot Research Foundations

March 22, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report about this limited submission funding opportunity. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has issued a $150 million solicitation to support small teams from research universities and national labs to advance key fundamental research challenges facing the six Energy Earthshots

DOD CDMRP FY23 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Solicitations

April 6, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Please see the Lewis-Burke Associates' report for more informaton about the DOD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program's 2023 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program solicitations. These incluse a new “Advancing Cancer Care Through Clinical Trials Award.” For FY23, Congress allocated $130 million to the PRCRP in twenty topic areas. The PRCRP aims to support innovative, high-impact cancer research that leads to clear and impactful advances in the health care of...

EDA Releases Phase 1 Solicitation for the Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program

May 15, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates hav provided this report about the Economic Development Administration's new NOFO for Phase 1 of the highly anticipated Regional Technology and Innovation Hub program (Tech Hubs). Through this program, EDA intends to make place-based investments in geographically diverse regions that have strong resources, capacity, and potential to become globally competitive in key technology areas within the next decade and ensure all outputs, including industries...

FY 24 IES NCER and NCSER Grant Competitions Announced

July 21, 2023
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

This Lewis-Burke Associates' report summarizes new funding opportunities from the Institute of Education Sciences for the several grant competitions for FY24. This competition will consider proposals that focus on research areas dealing with measurement and exploration of specific areas of education, special education, early development, or research on teacher workforce.