BUzz Bits
BU IN DC
Diane Baldwin of Sponsored Programs and Kathryn Mellouk of Research Compliance attended the Council on Governmental Relations winter meeting on February 27 and 28.
BUZZ BITS…
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled new strategies to advance NOAA’s four key science and technology focus areas: unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, ‘omics, and cloud computing.
- The leaders of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus have asked the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to share documents related to their investigation into foreign espionage in biomedical research. Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Judy Chu (D-CA) are concerned the agencies are racially profiling scientists with Chinese heritage.
- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking public input on increasing access to federally funded research and data. The request seeks feedback on the existing barriers to greater sharing of publications, data, and code by March 16.
GRANTS NEWS YOU CAN USE
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released two solicitations for investment in research instrumentation. The Shared Instrumentation Grant program funds the purchase or upgrade of a single, specialized, high-cost research instrument ranging in cost from $50,000 to $600,000, and the High-End Instrumentation Grant program supports the purchase or upgrade of instruments ranging in cost from $600,001 to $2 million. Proposals must have at least three identified major users which will benefit from the instrument, and submissions are due no later than June 1.
EVENTS NEWS YOU CAN USE
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Offices (DSO) announced a potential opportunity to meet with DSO program managers at the Discover DSO Day on June 24 and 25 in Virginia. To be considered for a meeting in order to discuss mutual research interests, applicants must submit an executive summary describing “innovative approaches and technologies that enable revolutionary advances” that align with DSO’s mission by Friday, March 13. Current DSO research areas include “frontiers in math, computation and design, limits of sensing and sensors, complex social systems, and anticipating surprise.”