Federal Funding Opportunity

NSF BIO Releases Solicitation for Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience

March 7, 2023

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

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

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

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

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 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

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.

ED Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program

July 27, 2023

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about the Department of Education's Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program (PSSG) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. This opportunity will fund evidence and research-based strategies that are dedicated to improving outcomes for underserved students. This opportunity utilizes multi-tiered evidence standards and eligibility is limited to institutions, or partnerships with institutions, that are designated as eligible under the...

NSF Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II Centers Program

July 24, 2023

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided this report about the new solicitation from NSF for their Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II Centers Program. The PIPP program covers fundamental research and development (R&D) activities focused on grand challenges in prediction and prevention related to infectious disease pandemics. This is a limited submission opportunity. Interested teams must pollow the campus process described...

Joint Fire Science Program Releases 2024 Funding Announcements

July 31, 2023

Lewis-Burke has provided this report about the Joint Fire Science Program’s Open Funding Opportunities for FY24. All opportunities are operated through a partnership between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. The three funding opportunities include:

Joint Fire Science Program Primary Announcement (six task statements) Accelerating Science in Fire Prone Ecosystems Effective Fire Communication and Outreach Prescribed Fire Effects on Water...