Federal Intel/Update

Lewis-Burke has provided a report about the Department of Defense's portfolio of environmental and installation energy and water research and demonstration programs, entitled the Strategic Environmental R&D Program (SERDP). DOD also demonstrates promising and cost-effective technologies that address high-priority environmental requirements through the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). SERDP and ESTCP are managed jointly by the DOD,...

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the Office of Research Integrity within the DHHS's final rule to update the 2005 regulation addressing research misconduct in Public Health Service (PHS) funded research. The 2005 regulation was finalized prior to ORI’s establishment, and policy developments regarding research misconduct. Among the policy and technological developments identified by ORI since 2005 include “the 2008 NIH Public Access policy; the 2023 NIH...

Lewis-Burke has provided an updated report on Department of Energy (DOE) funding and engagement opportunities of most relevant to research organizations. Since the last energy snapshot, DOE released four funding opportunities related to methane gas releases measurement and mitigation, biorefineries, electric vehicle charging for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and the annual EPSCoR funding call. DOE is also about to release another three funding calls related to quantum...

Lewis-Burke has provided a Fall Congressional Outlook report on future prospects for major legislation for the remainder of 2024 of most relevance to the research, education, and academic medicine communities. Returning from a summer recess, Congress again has a busy fall legislative schedule starting with some major deadlines and decisions looming on September 30, the end of the fiscal year when government funding and authorities to execute critical...