Washington Update – May 15, 2018

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update May 15

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Appropriations Update
    • House CJS Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up and Approves FY 2019 Bill
      Funding Opportunities
    • USDA NIFA Releases AFRI Education and Workforce Development RFA
    • ONR Announces FY19 Communications and Networking Program Discovery and Invention (D&I)
    • DOD Releases FY 2018 Innovation Corps Pilot Program
    • DOE Releases Funding Opportunities for Bioenergy Research and Development
    • DOD CDMRP Releases FY 2018 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Solicitations
    • DOE Releases Funding Opportunity for Advanced Vehicle Technology Research and Development
    • ARPA-E Issues Energy Storage Solicitation for Duration Addition to Electricity Storage (DAYS) Program
    • DOE Releases Funding Opportunity for Building Technologies Office Research
    • ED Announces Education Innovation and Research Program (EIR) Competition
    • NSF Releases Dear Colleague Letter for Growing Convergence Research
    • DOD Releases FY 2019 MURI BAA
    • NGA Releases BAA for Academic Research Program
    • DOD Releases DURIP BAA
    • NSF Releases Solicitation for Planning Grants for Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)
    • NSF Releases Final INFEWS Solicitation
    • NSF Releases Solicitation for TRIPODS Partnerships with Science and Engineering Fields
    • NSF Releases Dear Colleague Letter for Navigating the New Arctic
  • Agency and Administration Updates
    • White House Releases $15 Billion Rescission Package
    • NSF and Air Force Sign Letter of Intent to Enable Future Collaborations
    • NSF Convergence Accelerators and Big Ideas
    • DOE Releases New Five-Year Strategic Plan for Climate and Environmental Sciences
    • ARPA-E Announces Machine Learning Workshop
    • NIST Releases Request for Information for Return on Investment Initiative
    • NIH Announces HEAL Initiative on Opioid Use Disorder
    • NIH Moves Quickly on HEAL Initiative
    • DOE Office of Science Research Priorities for Materials and Chemical Sciences
    • Opportunity to Engage DOD for Health and Biomedical Research
  • Congressional Updates
    • HASC Marks-Up and Approves FY 2019 NDAA
    • House Science Committee Holds Hearing to Explore Foreign Nations’ Exploitation of U.S. Academic Institutions
    • House Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill
    • House Releases, Holds Markup of NASA Authorization Legislation

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