Social & Behavioral Sciences

Washington Update - September 13, 2024

September 13, 2024

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

LBA 2024 Fall Congressional Outlook Funding Opportunity: EDA Releases 2024 Build to Scale (B2S) Solicitation Funding Opportunity: DOD Releases FY 2025 Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) BAA Funding Opportunity: NSF and NIH Announce Biomedical Research Initiative for Next-Gen BioTechnologies – SynBio Control (BRING SynBio)

2024 Fall Congressional Outlook

September 11, 2024

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...

November Elections Outlook for Research and Development Priority Areas

September 6, 2024

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the potential implications of the November elections on overall U.S. research and development (R&D) priorities for the next Administration. While there are currently limited details on R&D priorities for a second Trump or a Harris Administration, we assume a future President Harris would have similar priorities as President Biden (with some additional new signature initiatives expected), and we also consider what...

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...

Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities

October 10, 2023

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided an Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. While not exhaustive, the overview provides information on a wide range of federal agencies and programs. Interested investigators should check individual solicitations for details, as deadlines may quickly approach. Further, investigators may use this document to identify relevant programs and develop proposals and strategies...

Funding Update: Large Federal Funding Opportunities

May 5, 2023

This Lewis-Burke report provides information on center-level funding opportunities across federal agencies. The summary provides high-level information on upcoming opportunities expected in 2023 and 2024. As well as more detailed and comprehensive information on the status and timing of flagship funding opportunities across federal agencies.

Federal Opportunities for Minority-Serving Institutions

February 9, 2023

Lewis-Burke Associates has provided a report summarizing federal opportunities specifically available for MSIs (including AANAPISIs) and HBCUs. UC Berkeley was approved as an AANAPISI as of April 2023.

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.

Analysis of the President’s FY 2024 Budget Request for Federal Research, Health, Workforce and Education Programs

March 17, 2023

Lewis-Burke Associates' have provided their annual report analyzing the the FY 2024 President’s budget request for federal research, health, education, and workforce development programs.

NSF GEO Releases Solicitation for EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (EMBRACE)

August 24, 2023

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about NSF's Directorate for Geosciences' new solicitation for a new program to support research and educational efforts in geosciences and related fields, by addressing barriers for faculty members at non-R1 institutions in competing for federal funding. The EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (EMBRACE) program will accept two categories of proposals that focus supporting faculty to initiate research and programs...