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Tufts Washington Update – October 10, 2019

Contents

• Introduction
• Appropriations Updates
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2020 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2020 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
• Congressional and Administration Updates
  • Senate Education Committee Chairman Introduces Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019
  • Department of Labor Releases Final Rule on Overtime Pay
• Agency Updates
  • National Science Foundation Releases Dear Colleague Letter Outlining Final Changes to the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Programs
  • National Science Foundation Announces Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Program
  • NIST Releases Notice Seeking Industrial IoT Solutions for the Energy Sector
  • Department of Energy Upcoming Opportunities and Future Research Directions for Advanced Scientific Computing Research
• Funding Opportunities
  • National Science Foundation Announces New Solicitation to Support National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
  • Department of Energy ARPA-E Releases Funding Opportunity for Advanced Nuclear Reactor & Maintenance Enhancement
  • Department of Energy Releases Two New Funding Calls for Energy-Smart Farms and Improved Risk Management of the Grid
  • Department of Defense Announces RFI for Synthetic Biology Manufacturing Institute
  • Department of Defense Releases Naval Engineering Education Consortium BAA
  • NIMHD, NICHD and NIEHS Announce Limited Competition for Specialized Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research
  • NOAA Releases Broad Agency Announcements to Conduct Satellite Instrument and Mission Concepts Studies