News Archives: April, 2021

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) and Office of AIDS Research (OAR) announce a new Funding Opportunity Announcement inviting applications from qualified research institutions to seek funds to develop or renovate research facilities that support HIV/AIDS research in areas of basic, translational, clinical, and social and behavioral science research. Targeted are institutions that serve underrepresented and underserved populations or that are in Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible states. Research-intensive institutions are not eligible. The facilities must support research aligned with the NIH-established priorities for HIV/AIDS research. Any request must be justified by current and anticipated future research needs.

America’s economic competitiveness is tied directly to the pace of scientific and technological discovery, which requires sustained, long-term support as well as agility. To help the United States stay at the forefront of research and innovation — and maintain its leadership in the global economy — the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering has launched the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its kind.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan recently wrote an OpEd that appeared in the April 1, 2021 issue of The Hill, a news media outlet based in Washington, DC. In the article entitled “We need to strengthen and accelerate US science and technology progress,” Panchanathan recounted many of the advances and innovations as a result of NSF funding over the past 70 years. Of the NSF EPSCoR Program, he wrote: