Math & Physical Sciences

Washington Update - August 13, 2026

August 13, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: HHS Announces Changes to GRAS Designations and Proposes Federal Definition of UPFs Funding Opportunity: State Department Issues "Project Constellation" Solicitation, Focuses on Space Diplomacy and Artemis Accords (This is a limited submission opportunity. The campus...

Funding Opportunity: NSF Releases NOFOs for Core Research, FY26 Expeditions, & New EFRI Solicitations

August 19, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
On August 17, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 10 new notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) for core research programs along with several specific solicitations for larger programs. The announcement stated that NSF plans to provide $1.5 billion for foundational research across science and engineering. These new funding releases follow NSF's new vision for research funding, which aims to reduce the overall number of solicitations from the agency and adopt a...

Funding Opportunity: ONR Releases FY 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

August 19, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) for the Young Investigator Program (YIP). This highly competitive program supports early-career university faculty by providing multi-year research grants and a pathway into the Navy’s research enterprise. ONR YIP is especially interested in highly innovative individuals who can contribute to national security and warfighter capabilities, with the potential for sustained, long-term support throughout their academic careers. Unlike previous solicitations which focused...

Washington Update - July 31, 2026

July 31, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: HHS Issues Dangerous Gain of Function Policy Agency Update: Several U.S. Agencies Announce Initiatives to Partner on the Genesis Mission Funding Opportunity: Department of Defense Releases FY 2027 DURIP Solicitations Funding Opportunity: Large Federal R&D Funding Opportunities Funding Opportunity: U.S. Wildland Fire Service Releases FY27 Joint Fire...

Large Federal R&D Funding Opportunities

July 30, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke's Large Federal R&D Funding Opportunities memo provides an overview of major funding opportunities for federal agencies, changes to their funding approaches, and updates on timing and outlook for longtime center programs where intel is available. Please note that there is significant uncertainty in timing of many opportunities within agencies, and new opportunities are increasingly issued with quick turnaround times. The report also includes “...

Funding Opportunity: Department of Defense Releases FY 2027 DURIP Solicitations

July 30, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

he Department of Defense (DOD) released a program announcement for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) competition. DURIP is an annual program under DOD’s University Research Initiative (URI) that provides funding for major, state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation (from $50,000 to $3 million) that support defense-related research activities.

DOD anticipates awarding approximately $28 million dollars in funding for this initiative, roughly $6 million less than estimated in FY 2026. Individual one-year awards...

Quantum State of Play Summer 2026

July 30, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke has provided an overview on quantum-related initiatives across the U.S. government/industry partners. The document goes over the administration’s focus on quantum, current and upcoming quantum legislation, champions in the legislative branch, individual agency updates, industry updates, and a broad look at funding opportunities.

Washington Update - July 24, 2026

July 24, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: White House Provides Major Updates on Science and Technology Priorities Congressional...

Funding Opportunity: NSF Launches the AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery Program to Advance AI-Ready Datasets

July 24, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new funding program, the Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery program (AI Datasets), to advance existing scientific community datasets using artificial...

Funding Opportunity: NASA Releases Space Technology Early-Stage Innovation Solicitations

July 6, 2026
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

NASA released two Early-Stage Innovation (ESI26) solicitations as appendices to the Research and Technology Mission Directorate (RTMD) umbrella NASA Research Announcement (NRA) titled, “Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2026 (SpaceTech REDDI 2026). Through the Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) Program within the newly formed RTMD, ESI26 and ESI26-ISRU solicit proposals for innovative, early-stage space technology research of high priority to NASA. Proposals must be primarily responsive to civil-space needs and use cases, rather than terrestrial...