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Full report: Tufts Washington Update– Oct 26

Contents:

• Introduction
• Policy Updates
  • Department of Education Solicits Nominations for Accreditation and Innovation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
• Agency Updates
  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Releases Request for Information on Future Computing Systems
  • Department of Transportation Requests Comments on Future Automated Driving Systems Pilot Program
• Funding Opportunities
  • National Science Foundation Releases Solicitation for Navigating the New Arctic Big Idea
  • Office of Naval Research Releases Special Notice for Electronic Warfare Technology
  • National Science Foundation Releases Quantum Computing & Information Science Faculty Fellows Solicitation
  • National Science Foundation Releases Gen-4 Engineering Research Solicitation
  • National Science Foundation Releases DCL Announcing Upcoming Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Solicitations

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update– Oct. 12

Contents:

• Introduction
• Policy Updates
  • Congress Passes, President Signs Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act
  • White House Releases National Biodefense Strategy
• Agency Updates
  • National Institutes of Health Release RFI on Future Data Management and Sharing Policy
  • Department of Labor Informational Webinar for Higher Education Institutions
  • Department of Energy Research Priorities for Advanced Scientific Computing Research
• Funding Opportunities
  • Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations
  • National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences Releases Two Solicitations for Rules of Life Big Idea
  • National Oceanographic Partnership Program Releases FY 2019 Broad Agency Announcement

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update July 9

Contents:

• Introduction
• Congressional Updates
  • Senate Passes Bipartisan Farm Bill
• Administration Updates
  • Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator
• Funding Opportunities
  • Office of Naval Research Releases Funding Opportunity for Young Investigator Program (YIP)
  • Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT Program
  • Department of Energy Announces Funding Opportunity for Environmental Performance of Wind Turbines
  • Department of Defense Releases Solicitation for Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
  • Department of Energy Announces Intent to Release Funding Opportunity for Energy-Water Desalination Hub
• Appropriations Updates
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

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Full report: Policy Update – Trump Administration Releases Reorganization and Reform Proposal for Federal Agencies

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update June 22

Contents:

• Introduction
• Congressional Updates
  • Senate Hearing on Student Visas and National Security
  • Senate Agriculture Committee Releases Draft Farm Bill
  • Senate Armed Services Committee Approves FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
• Agency Update
  • National Institutes of Health Release Strategic Plan for Data Science
• Funding Opportunities
  • National Science Foundation Releases Dear Colleague Letter on STEM Education for the Future
  • Air Force Research Laboratory Releases FOA for Collaborative Center for Aeronautical Sciences
  • Air Force Releases FOA for University Center of Excellence for High Critical Electric Field Strength Materials
  • Economic Development Administration Releases 2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Program
  • Department of Justice Releases Funding Opportunities to Address School Violence
  • NASA STMD Seeks Proposals for Space Technology Research Institutes
  • Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office Announces Workshop for Machine Learning for Advanced Materials
  • ARPA-E Announces Workshop for Wind and Marine Energy Systems
• Appropriations Updates
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Interior and Environment Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Interior and Environment Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Favorably Reports FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Bill

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update May 31

Contents:

• Introduction
• Appropriations Updates
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Agrees to Top-Line Discretionary Spending Levels for All 12 Appropriations Bills
  • House Appropriations Committee Releases Interior and Environment Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Approves Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Agriculture Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Agriculture Bill
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Favorably Reports FY 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Favorably Reports FY 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
  • House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill
• Funding Opportunities
  • USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Releases RFA for Foundational and Applied Science Program
  • Department of Education Announces FY 2018 Title VI International Education Grant Programs
  • Department of Defense Releases FOA for the Minerva Research Initiative
  • Department of Defense NDEP Releases FOA on Defense STEM Education Consortium (DSEC)
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research Releases FOA for University Center of Excellence in Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments
  • Department of Defense Solicits Proposals for BUILD Infrastructure Grant Program
  • Department of Education FY 2019 IES NCER and NCSER Grant Competitions Announced
  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Releases BAA on Molecular Information Storage (MIST) Program

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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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Full report: Tufts Washington Update January 25

Contents:

• Introduction
• Appropriations Update
  • Senate Advances Deal to Reopen Government Following Three-Day Shutdown
• Funding Opportunities
  • ONR Releases FOA for Manufacturing Engineering Education Program
• Agency Update
  • 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium Call for Abstracts

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Full report: Tufts Washington Update Janaury 11

Content: 

• Introduction
• Funding Opportunities
  • ONR Releases CLAWS Autonomy Technology and Validation BAA
  • DTRA Updates BAA for Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • AFRL Releases SECAF 2030 S&T Study BAA
  • DARPA BTO Announces Proposers Day for Preventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats Program
  • DOE Office of Science Releases Early Career Researcher Solicitation
  • NSF Releases Dear Colleague Letter for Enabling Quantum Leap and DOE Releases Related RFI
• Agency Update
  • National Academies Releases Earth Science Decadal Survey