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View full report: Tufts Washington Update – May 8, 2019

Contents

• Introduction
• Administration and Policy Updates
  • President Trump Issues Cybersecurity Workforce Executive Order
• Agency Updates
  • National Science Foundation Outlines New Direction for Social Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Programs
  • National Science Board Seeks Nominations for Board Members for 2020-2026 Term
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology Releases Request For Information on AI Standards
• Funding Opportunities
  • National Science Foundation Releases Dear Colleague Letter Related to Coastlines and People (CoPe).
  • National Science Foundation Releases Request For Information for Future Convergence Accelerator Topics
  • National Science Foundation Releases Joint Dear Colleague Letter with UKRI on Bioinformatics, Microbiome, Quantum Biology and Synthetic Biology/Synthetic Cell
  • Department of Defense Releases New Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Minerva Research Initiative
  • Army Futures Command Releases Broad Agency Announcement for Disruptive Applications
  • U.S. Agency for International Development Releases New Partnerships Initiative (NPI)