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Federal Agency Overview

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC

May 2018

About Lewis-Burke

• Twenty-eight policy experts with range of expertise/backgrounds allow multi-

layered issue teams with deep expertise in agencies and scientific/higher education areas

• Support federal relations activities to develop and implement federal strategies

to pursue, shape, and create new sources of funding to increase and diversify research portfolio

• Able to engage on multiple levels:
• Individual faculty (including early career faculty)
• Teams of faculty
• Associate Deans for Research
• Deans and Center Directors
• University leadership and campus-wide priorities/activities

Federal Funding: Status and Outlook

• Bipartisan budget deal passed in February raised non-defense discretionary spending caps by $63 billion in FY

2018 and $69 billion in FY 2019 –Omnibus provided funding boosts NASA, NSF, DOE, NIH, DOD S&T, etc.

• FY 2018 bills a far cry from President’s request: protected key programs like ARPA-E, NSF; increased funding

for NIH by $3B –Delays frustrate research agencies and reduce ability to launch new programs and distribute grants: will create a flurry in late Spring/Summer –Agencies exploring Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs), additional mechanisms to get money out fast

• Research Infrastructure: Mid-Scale initiative (NSF); Instrumentation grants (NIH)
• Increased funding coming for FY 2019

–President’s FY 2019 Budget Request is largely irrelevant—spending caps will be similar to FY 2018 –Agencies will be managing program budgets significantly increased over current levels –Now is the time to help shape programmatic priorities and future solicitations

Snapshot of Agency Priorities

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• NIH received $3 billion increase in FY 2018, bringing the agency to $37.1 billion in total funding

–Congress has thoroughly rejected Administration’s attempts to cap F&A costs on NIH grants

• Current areas of trans-NIH emphasis:

–Opioids, addiction, pain management ($500 million in 2018; pharma partnership on non-addictive pain meds and MAT) –Alzheimer’s Disease ($1.8 billion investment in FY 2018) –BRAIN Initiative ($400 million in FY 2018) –Precision Medicine ($290 million in FY 2018) –Cancer ($300 million in FY 2018) –Biomedical Data Science Strategic Plan

• Award trends—agency focused on “research productivity and efficiencies”

–Pulling back on Program Project grants (P awards) –Collaborative funding mechanisms enhance program officers’ input on project (U awards) –Next Generation Researchers Initiative: enhanced support mechanisms for early and mid-career investigators

• $100 million dedicated fund within OD proposed for FY 2019

–Seeking to reduce PI salary support on grants

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• FY 2018 Funding: $7.767B, increase of $295M or 3.9% over FY 2017
• FY 2019 budget request includes focus on 10 Big Ideas for Future Investment

– $30M proposed for each research idea: Harnessing the Data Revolution; Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier; Windows on the Universe; Quantum Leap; Rules of Life; Navigating the New Arctic – New “Convergence Accelerators” proposed - Harnessing the Data Revolution ($30M) and Work at the Human-Technology Frontier ($30M) – Funding proposed for Process Ideas: Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure ($60M); NSF 2026 Fund ($6.5M); INCLUDES ($20M); Growing Convergence Research ($16M) – Several competitions for FY 2018: 2 Quantum Dear Colleagues, FW-HTF (LOI Due 4/16), TRIPODS+X (Proposals Due 5/29), DCL Convergence Research (due 5/1 (for FY 2018) and 10/15 (for FY 2019)); DCL Navigating the New Arctic

• Large Center Awards:

– STC solicitation expected to be released early CY 2019 – New ERC planning grants (Proposals due 6/6); full solicitation expected late CY 2018

• Obama-era Initiatives Winding Down: INFEWS; Risk and Resilience; Understanding the Brain; Cyber-enabled Materials,

Manufacturing, and Smart Systems (CEMMSS) – What’s next? Major cross-foundational program Coastlines and People (COPE) – modeled off of SEES, focus on urban coastal

• International offices closing this summer (Brussels, Tokyo, and Beijing) – expect more ad-hoc international engagement
• Relatively new leadership in ENG, GEO, MPS directorates will drive new priorities: Search ongoing for BIO, SBE, EHR, and soon

CISE and NSF Deputy Director

Department of Defense (DOD)

• DOD received a 14.2 % increase in FY 2018, with the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) account receiving $88.3 billion, a 22.1 %

increase – The Science and Technology (S&T) accounts – Basic Research (6.1), Applied Research (6.2), and Advanced Technology Development (6.3) – received $14.8 billion, a 6.1 percent increase – Basic Research received a 2.9 % increase

• Advanced Technology Development and Systems Engineering continue to be major priorities as DOD is focused on READINESS and

MODERNIZATION – Emphasis on use of Prototyping and Experimentation to reduce risk early in the development cycle and rapidly field new capabilities

• DOD continues to consider new methods of engaging with the extramural research community, like ARL’s Open Campus Initiative and the Air

Force’s on-going S&T study to consider new methods of conducting research – NDAA requests OSD for plan to integrate DOD labs across defense and commercial innovation hubs -- maximizing their expertise and reach

• Opportunities: DURIP

, MURI, Minerva, Many DARPA BAAs, CDMRP topics, DTRA BAA

Major Areas of Interest: – Lethality – Materials/Manufacturing – Test and evaluation science – Expedited tech transition and acquisition – STEM Education – Autonomy and Robotics – Synthetic Biology and Emerging Biosciences – Strategic Weapons – Hypersonics – AI and Machine Learning – Space capabilities – Cybersecurity/Information Assurance – Modeling and Simulation – Trusted Micro-electronics

CDMRP – FY 2018 Topics

• Peer-Review Medical ($330 m)
• Breast Cancer ($130 m)
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological health ($125 m)
• Prostate Cancer ($100 m)
• Peer-Review Cancer ($80 m)
• Joint Warfighter Medical ($50 m)
• Peer-Review Orthopedic ($30 m)
• Spinal Cord ($30 m)
• Gulf War Illness ($21 m)
• Ovarian Cancer ($20 m)
• Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's ($16 m)
• Alzheimer’s Disease ($15 m)
• Kidney Cancer ($15 m)
• Neurofibromatosis Research ($15 m)
• Vision ($15 m)
• Lung Cancer Research ($14 m)
• HIV/AIDS program increase ($12.9 m)
• Reconstructive Transplant ($12 m)
• Trauma Clinical ($10 m)
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ($10 m)
• Hearing Restoration ($10 m)
• Orthotics and Prosthetics ($10 m)
• Global HIV/AIDS prevention ($8 m)
• Military Burn ($8 m)
• Epilepsy ($7.5 m)
• Autism Research ($7.5 m)
• Tuberous Sclerosis ($6 m)
• Multiple Sclerosis ($6 m)
• Tick-Borne Disease Research ($5 m)
• Lupus ($5 m)
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse ($4 m)
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ($3.2 m)
• Bone Marrow Failure ($3 m)

Bolded items reflect increases in FY 2018

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP): FY 2018 Topics

• Acute Lung Injury
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Arthritis
• Burn Pit Exposure
• Cardiomyopathy*
• Cerebeller Ataxia*
• Chronic Migraine and Post-Traumatic

Headaches

• Chronic Pain Management*
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Constrictive Bronchiolitis
• Diabetes
• Dystonia
• Eating Disorders
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Endometriosis*
• Epidermolysis Bullosa
• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Hepatitis B and C
• Hereditary Angioedema
• Hydrocephalus
• Immunomonitoring of Intestinal

Transplants

• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Lung Injury*
• Malaria
• Metals Toxicology
• Mitochondrial Disease
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Nonopioid Pain Management
• Nutrition Optimization*
• Pancreatitis
• Pathogen-Inactivated Blood Products
• Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
• Pressure Ulcers*
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Respiratory Health
• Rett Syndrome
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Scleroderma
• Sleep Disorders
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Sustained-release Drug Delivery
• Tinnitus
• Tissue Regeneration
• Tuberculosis
• Vaccine Development for Infectious

Diseases

• Vascular Malformations
• Women's Heart Disease

*Denotes new topic in FY 2018

Department of Energy (DOE)

• FY 2018 Funding: $34.5B, increase of $3.8 billion or 12% over FY 2017
• Single largest increase was for the Office of Science ($866 million or 16% above FY 2017) because of

bipartisan support for basic research in the physical sciences –Top priorities: exascale computing, quantum information science, new and upgraded science facilities, stable funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers

• ARPA-E is not eliminated and is increased by 16% to $353 million

–Additional funding for the OPEN FOA and possible topics include long duration energy storage, energy- smart farm, high efficiency high temp modular power, high efficiency hybrid vehicles

• All applied energy programs also see major increases with largest growth to nuclear energy

–Five Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Centers and four Energy Innovation Hubs are funded and Congress calls on DOE to move forward with a fifth Hub on Desalination

• Upcoming larger-scale funding opportunities: biosystems design, 2 nonproliferation university consortia,

predictive science academic alliance centers, Desalination Hub, emerging building technologies for energy efficiency

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• DHS appropriations legislation has become a lightning rod of controversy in Congress, as the agency

has purview over the President’s strict immigration priorities, including building a physical wall on the Southwestern border.

• In the FY 2018 appropriations bill, Congress restored several cuts proposed by the Administration,

including providing strong investments in the research and development (R&D) of security technologies and methods. –Most notably, the omnibus returned the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate to pre-sequester funding levels, providing nearly $841 million in FY 2018. –S&T funds R&D in a number of DHS priority areas, including explosives detection, cargo screening, bio-forensics, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure security, and enabling unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

• Congress also restored funding for the DHS Centers of Excellence (COEs) program. Centers are led by

universities and bring together many university, industry, national laboratory, and non-profit partners to conduct research and development activities and training programs. –DHS’s Office of University Programs (OUP) maps out their planned topic areas and COE competitions in advance. The agency typically holds new competitions for existing topics when a COE expires in an established priority.

• The next COE competition is expected to be held around FY 2018/FY 2019 when the terrorism COE

at the University of Maryland is set to expire.

Department of Justice (DOJ)

• Research-practitioner partnerships are strongly encouraged.
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Primary research arm of DOJ, strategic goals are (1) fostering

science-based criminal justice practice; (2) translating knowledge to practice; (3) advancing technology; (4) working across disciplines; and (5) adopting a global perspective –NIJ typically releases new solicitations between December and May. Several ongoing. –Anti-gang violence, domestic radicalization interventions, forensic sciences, corrections, fire arm violence, reentry, etc. among topics of focus in FY 2018. Increased emphasis on human trafficking, combatting opioid abuse, policing, domestic radicalization, and mental health. –NIJ recently released five year strategic research plans related to investments in policing and safety and wellness in the criminal justice system, respectively. A research plan on corrections is expected.

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): in partnerships with local police and criminal justice authorities,

translates research and data for use by practitioners in areas such as policing tactics; opioid abuse; prison reentry; managing individuals with mental disorders in the criminal justice process; violent gang and gun crime prevention, etc.

• Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office: Provides some support for universities to

conduct applied research, host forums, design training and technical assistance modules that advance community policing practices.

Department of Education (ED)

• ED received a $2.6 billion increase in FY 2018, for total funding of $74.3 billion

–This is in stark contrast to the significant cuts requested by the Administration

• Federal student aid programs saw increases in multiple programs including:

–Support for a maximum Pell Grant award of $6,095, an increase of $175 –Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) funded at $840 million and Federal Work- Study (FWS) program funded at $1.13 billion –TRIO Programs received $1.01 billion; GEAR-UP received $350 million

• Other ED programs that saw increased funding include:

–Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at $613 million –Aid for Institutional Development (Title III/V) at $659 million

• International Education and Foreign Language Programs received $72 million, level with FY 2017.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program received $350 million for loan forgiveness for borrowers

who were enrolled in ineligible repayment plans and $2.3 million to improve outreach

• The omnibus also includes $5 million for a “pilot, competitive grant program to support projects at

institutions of higher education that create new open textbooks or expand their use.”

Economic Development Administration (EDA)

• EDA is one of the few federal agencies that provides targeted funding to stimulate regional economic development and

job growth.

• While the Trump Administration has proposed eliminating EDA, Congress has maintained support for the agency and

increased its funding in the FY 2018 omnibus.

• Efforts are driven through six regional offices; it is important to form a relationship with the head of your region
• Key university programs include:

–Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance support economic development in distressed regions through construction, non-construction, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects. –Ongoing funding opportunities for economic development activities in areas affected by federally-designated disasters in 2017 (including floods, storms, and wildfires). –Regional Innovation Strategies program (RIS): Promotes public-private partnerships focused on job creation, commercialization activities, and innovative research enterprises. Opportunities include:

• i6 Challenge: Support proof-of-concept centers that accelerate the commercialization of research and new ideas

into viable companies.

• Seed Fund Support (SFS) Grants: Supports the development of seed capital funds to help local startups

commercialize new technologies.

• The next EDA Regional Innovation Strategies competition is expected to be held in spring 2018.

–University Center awards stimulate economic growth through technical assistance, commercialization support, business consultation, and planning. FY 2018 competition is for states covered by the EDA Austin and Denver regional

• ffices.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• Budget: $20.7B FY 2018 Enacted

– FY 2018 omnibus fully funds all missions and research across SMD and sets high-water mark for overall science funding ($6.2B)

• Future Trends and Opportunities

– FY 2019 request focuses heavily on human exploration of the moon and proposes involvement of SMD – Proposed elimination of the Space Technology Mission Directorate – Science priorities continue to be large astrophysics and planetary flagship missions – Increasing emphasis on the role of SmallSats/Cubesats; each division funding efforts to utilize – Steady cadence of PI-led mission opportunities:

• Helio MIDEX, MO forthcoming; LWS, MO Q4 (all FY 2018)
• EVI-5 Q2 FY 2018; EVI-6, EVM-3 Q4 FY 2019
• Discovery Q2 FY 2019
• SMEX, MO Q3 FY 2019
• Leadership Changes

– Congressman Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) confirmed as NASA Administrator in April. – New Associate Administrator – Steve Jurczyk

NEH/NEA/IMLS

• NEH and NEA FY 2018 funding: $153 million each ($3 million above FY 2017 enacted levels)

–Both agencies had been proposed for elimination in 2018 PBR and 2017 PBR –Congressional support is robust and bipartisan for the arts and humanities

• Challenge Grants: faculty awards at HSIs program increased stipend min$10k-max$60k(deadline

August 10, 2019) ; new Infrastructure and Capacity Building (deadline August 1)

• Funding opportunities around public engagement are expected in 2018/19
• Newly confirmed NEH Chair Jon Parrish Peede has interest in rural area support

–IMLS received $9 million increase in FY 2018 ($240 million)

• However, grant program budgets at the agency would remain flat
• Omnibus does not include Congressional directives

–IMLS will likely continue signature and ongoing programs

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Undersecretary of Research (REE) still vacant – no nominee: Acting Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Admin of ARS

–Sonny Ramaswamy, NIFA Director, 6 yr term ends May 7, 2018: Acting Director Tom Shanower (from ARS)

• 2014 Farm Bill expires in September 2018

–House may move to pass a highly partisan bill soon BUT major disagreement on SNAP/nutrition

• Removed AFRI matching req, authorized flat $700M (current level) funding, no funding for FFAR

–Senate will be more bipartisan – May? Extension likely

• AG research enjoys bipartisan support: House bipartisan AG Research Caucus:Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Jimmy Panetta (D-

CA)

• AFRI: $400M in FY 18 omnibus: Program changes for FY 18:

–Sustainable Agricultural Systems replaces the challenge grants into 1 big program: “convergence S&T to solve food/AG production system challenges” focus on 25-year goals: $80M avail for 8 $10M Coop AG Project (CAP) grants: LOI due June 27: continued support for AFRI challenge grants from previous years –Foundational and Applied: at least $221M: awaiting RFA

• $10M dedicated to plan and animal breeding; $11M dedicated to microbiome of foods, food animals, plants, soils
• $11M dedicated to data-driven research “Food and AG Cyberinformatics and Tools (FACT) Initiative”

–Education and Workforce: “strategic pipeline based approach”: awaiting RFA

• Developing Pathways: institutional grants for internships, externships, study abroad, experiential opps in research and

extension; Advancing Science: will support grad and post-grad fellowships

USDA: Budget Request

Despite emphasis on rural priorities, the PBR proposed deep cuts across USDA –

• Similar to FY 18 PBR, the target continues to be ARS with a 19% overall reduction compared to FY 2017

enacted level and proposed closure of 20 facilities, labs, worksites: 50% cut to Crop Protection and Production, Nutrition Research programs –“NEW” money by cannibalizing existing programs to support National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) at $52M –Anticipated to be a $100M operations and $60M research annually

• ARS will need to find funding for new NBAF: long-term challenge for
• NIFA: 10% cut compared to FY 2017 enacted level for $1.369B topline with several programs proposed for

elimination (Biomass Research and Development Initiative) –AFRI is “protected” and would remain at FY 2017 level of $375M –Buried in the request: F&A cap of 10% on NIFA grants

• 30% cap implemented in 2008 Farm Bill and any changes require legislation to implement: cannot be

done administratively

• NIFA waterfront offices lease is up: $20 million required for a move, but was not included in request

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Focus on weather-ready nation, aquaculture research, reverse regulatory (fisheries), reconsider marine

monuments: changes towards resilience research post-hurricanes?

• Administrator nominee Barry Myers (CEO AccuWeather) pending full Senate vote
• Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet is acting Administrator – oceanographer and was leading Navy ocean

sciences taskforce, confirmed in Sept 2017

• OAR: Craig McLean (career civil servant) acting Chief Scientist:
• Ocean Service led by Dr. Russell Callender (career civil servant)
• Bipartisan Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017: directed collaboration with

universities to develop and implement research plans for severe weather programs – while no new programs yet, recent $ in omni could expand or reprioritize in existing programs

• Omnibus restored huge cuts to every NOAA extramural program, including Sea Grant, NERRS, and

climate program office: created new account with $30M for coastal resilience grants: report language to increase transparency for Cooperative Institutes (CI) competitions

• FY 19 Budget Request would eliminate every extramural research program and propose huge cuts to

procurement account: commercialization and private sector continues to be emphasized

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• FY 2018 Funding: $1.2B, increase of $246.5M or 25.9% over FY 2017 – a lot of increase would be for

construction of research facilities.

• FY 2019 budget request proposes across-the-board decreases to extramural programs and would focus

funding on core research programs; would also eliminate the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program.

• FY 2018 priorities include: Advanced Networks, Connected Systems and Data Science; Advanced Materials

Manufacturing; Biological Science and Health Measurements; Corporate Services; Environmental Measurements; the Office of Special Programs; Quantum Science; Resilience and Structural Engineering; Semiconductor and Microelectronic Measurements; Standards Coordination Office; Time and Fundamental Measurement Dissemination; and User Facilities

• Manufacturing:

– Manufacturing USA will be supported at $15M for FY 2018 to support NIST Institutes and for NIST coordination activities. – Congress remains supportive of MEP program, ignoring the proposed termination included in PBR

Emerging Cross-Agency Priorities

• Genome Editing
• Artificial Intelligence and Automation
• Quantum Information Science
• Brain/Augmented Reality
• Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
• Biometrics
• Energy storage
• Convergence

Opportunities Ahead

• NSF ERC –full solicitation anticipated late CY 2018
• NSF STC – Solicitation anticipated early 2019
• ARL Collaborative Technology Alliances & Collaborative Research Alliances 2019 —AI/machine learning; autonomy
• USDA: AFRI: Sustainable Agriculture Systems (SAS) FY 18: systems approach to 25-yr challenges: 8 $10M each
• New Air Force Centers of Excellence being mapped – emphasis on national security space
• DARPA – new emphasis on marine sensing; bio-inspired materials; human-machine interface for neuroscience;

nanostructures and materials; electronics and energy conversion

• Cyber – Smart and Secure Cities Challenge; Cyber for manufacturing and Devices; Cyber-Physical Systems Program;

Smart and Autonomous Systems; Global City Teams Challenge

• NIH Cooperative Agreements – Alzheimer’s Disease, aging, pain management, addiction (opioids)
• NSF new cross-foundational program focused on coastal resilience (extreme weather); “Coastlines and People

(COPE)”

• DOJ border surveillance and detection technologies
• Social and Behavioral Sciences—Minerva, emphasis on national security
• NSF Midscale Infrastructure – Solicitation potentially fall 2018

Questions & Discussion

Backup Slides

Office of Minority Health (OMH)

• Priorities: support activities to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and

eliminate health disparities

• Generally OMH has limited opportunities that come out in the Spring

–Fewer opportunities, more competitive

• Minority Health Resource Center

–Resource for grant development; free, customizable search available for universities –Knowledge Center is the largest dedicated repository of health disparities information Minority Health Resource Center

• Division of Program Operations (DPO) – administers federal grants and co-op agreements to support

community-based practices and models to address health disparities through education, prevention, awareness.

• Examples of currents and past programs:

–Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI) –Minority Youth Tobacco Elimination Project (MYTEP)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Priorities: create and disseminate effective tools and measures for health care systems to improve care

and outcomes –Focus on opioids, health IT, investigator-initiated research –Agency’s reimagine efforts will highlight three proposed areas for future funding:

• Patient Safety – hospital-acquired infections (HAIs)
• Practice – evidence-based practices, patient-reported outcomes and quality
• Data and Insight – interactive maps on opioids (prescribing practices; overdose events)

–Trends of congressional funding cuts to the agency over the last few years –Concerns about “duplicative” efforts by AHRQ and other agencies –Proposals to consolidate AHRQ into NIH have been rejected by Congress in the past –If PCORTF is not reauthorized before September 30, 2019, AHRQ will face an approximate 25 percent budget reduction starting in FY 2020 –Taking conservative approach to issuing new awards in FY 2018 due to budget uncertainty

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

• Priorities: prepare a diverse, well-distributed primary care and support integrated health professions

models.

• Trends: Opioids, Interprofessional, and team-based
• Most university funding opportunities are within Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) and Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) divisions

• Title VII Health Professions and Title VIII Nursing Education Programs:

–FY 2018 omnibus provided one of the largest increases for Title VII and VIII programs in recent years

• New funding in FY 2018 focused on opioids
• New funding for a rural residency program
• Expect another 3-year BHWET competition with a focus on opioids as a result of FY 2018 funding

–Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) to be re competed, start thinking of partners now –Expansion of NHSC to address opioids

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Priorities: reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities
• Bipartisan support for mental health and substance abuse programs
• New leadership at SAMHSA: Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz
• Areas of focus include:

–Serious Mental Illness (SMI) –Evidence-based practices –Suicide prevention –Opioids –Marijuana (emerging focus)

• Opioid epidemic

–21st Century Cures Act: $1 billion for opioids in two years; more to come in FY 2019 –Block grants to states based on prevalence formula: services and treatment focus (e.g. MAT) –Leverage state government relations/connections

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• Priorities: Protect the nation from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign or in the U.S.
• Attempts to repeal or cut Prevention and Public Health Fund, which makes up a portion of CDC budget
• Proposals to consolidate NIOSH into NIH
• Focus on support for vector–borne disease and opioids

–President’s Budget requests increase to comprehensive vector programs to address threats such as Zika virus –Opioid abuse and overdose prevention

• Partnerships with states and localities
• Surveillance
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
• Funding typically distributed by states and localities; universities can have difficulty “breaking-in”

–Leverage state government relations/connections

Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI)

• Priorities: Comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER); patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR)
• Anticipated solicitations:

–Pragmatic clinical trials (e.g. cancer; pain; rare diseases; trauma/injury, mental health, etc.) –Methods for conducting patient-centered outcomes research –Shared decision making –Improving healthcare systems –Addressing health disparities –Communication and dissemination research

• Created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

–Several skeptics about impact –Funding dissolves in 2019 (PCOR Trust Fund), unlikely to be reauthorized –BUT current opportunities will be fully funded

Opioids

Congressional activities:

• FY 2018 Omnibus: ~$3 billion total in opioid response funding across HHS, DOJ, USDA
• Both House and Senate Prioritizing opioids and Considering new legislation:

– Pending legislation could expand NIH authority to use “other transactional authority” for public health emergency research (not traditional peer review process) – Wants to move quickly on passage Federal agency activities:

• NIH

– $500 million split evenly for NIDA/NINDS in the FY 2018 omnibus – HEAL Initiative: $1 billion trans-NIH focusing on preventing addiction and improving treatments for opioid use disorder

• USDA

– Rural Development: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant –Currently open –Financial assistance to encourage and improve telemedicine and distance learning services –Priority points given to projects focused on opioid prevention, treatment and recovery

• HRSA

– Rural Communities Opioid Response Initiative: $100 million in FY 2018 focused on meeting the specific needs of rural communities facing the opioid crisis.

• 75 planning grants at about $200,000 each in FY 2018
• 50 implementation grants in FY 2018

– New funding for mental and behavioral health professions to address opioid epidemic

• SAMHSA:

– Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) grants: Formula funding to states, based on the severity of the epidemic in each state

• DOJ

– Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP): – Provides funding for community-based solutions to the opioid epidemic, data-driven and technological responses to opioid misuse, and treatment alternatives to incarceration. – National Institutes of Justice (NIJ) Research Solicitations

DOD FY 2019/ FY 2020 Outlook

• S&T Influencers: National Defense Strategy,

Reorganization of OSD Research and Engineering, new DOD leadership including new Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

• On-going efforts in the Services for:

– Army Modernization Plan and Futures Command establishment – Air Force 2030 S&T review – Office of Naval Research reorganization

• Technical Priorities Shifting – Great Power

Competition with China and Russia as key competitors, North Korea and Iran close behind

• DOD starting to develop its 2020 budget – time

to pitch ideas!

2015-2016 2018-2019 Autonomous Learning Systems Artificial intelligence and machine learning Human-Machine Collaborative Decision Making Red teaming and Wargaming Assisted Human Operations Advanced Manned-Unmanned System Operations Autonomous systems Network-enabled, autonomous weapons hardened to

• perate in a future cyber/electronic warfare (EW)

environment Electronic warfare; Electromagnetic Spectrum Agility Assured positioning, navigation and timing Precision Sensing: Time, Space, Gravity, Electromagnetism Large displacement unmanned undersea vehicles (UUV) Extra large displacement UUV High speed strike weapons; Long-range strike and detection Arsenal plane Hypersonics Hypersonics – offense and defense Low-cost unmanned systems Counter swarm High-Velocity Projectiles from “powder guns” Biotechnology, cyber/computing, & manufacturing Quantum Science Advanced computing Nuclear command, control, comms Space protection and defense Micro-electronics Strategic weapons- Directed Energy

ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE OSD (DARPA ETC.)

BIO

• Synthetic Biology For Sensing & Energy

Production

• Life Science And Bioengineering
• Synthetic Biology for Military

Environments

CYBER/COMMUNICATIONS

Modular Radio Frequency

• Naval platform cyber resiliency and

warfighting effectiveness

• Expeditionary Cyber

Information and Complex Networks

• Protecting C3 Networks
• Ensured Communication Link

for Identification Friend or Foe

• Network Universal Persistence
• Protected Forward

Communications

• Defense Optical Channel

Program(DOC-P)

• Self-securing weapons,

systems, and networks

• Mathematical Foundations of

Cyber Security

MATERIALS/MANUFACTURING

• 1D and 2D Materials and Processing

Research

• Precision Materials Synthesis and

Assembly

• Manufacturing Science
• Advanced Naval Materials
• Complex Materials and Structures
• Natural Materials and Systems
• Ceramics and Composites
• Metals
• Thermal Protection Materials
• Infrared Detector and Electromagnetic Device

Materials

• Directed Energy Hardened Materials
• Laser Source Materials
• Additive Manufacturing of

Energetics

• Advanced Materials

Manufacturing

• Cyber Security for the Shop

Floor

AUTONOMY/MACHINE LEARNING

• Machine Learning for Intelligent

Agent and Human Decision Making

• Unmanned Ground Systems

Research

• Large And Extra-large Unmanned Undersea

Vehicles

• Maneuver

Decision Making

• Machine Common Sense
• Adversarial AI for RF (EW)
• Human Machine Symbiosis
• Lobster
• Automated processing of

space-based ISR, AI-driven GEOINT, and Fix-Find-Finish- Exploit-Assess

• Autonomous weaponeering

demonstration – secure cloud for precision strikes

QUANTUM

Complex Electronics & Fundamental Quantum Processes

ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE OSD (DARPA ETC.)

HUMAN FACTORS/EFFECTIVENESS

• Novel Forms Of Joint Human-

intelligent Agent Decision Making Human Performance, Training, and Education

• Cognitive Maneuver
• Behavioral Cyber Sciences

TRAINING Synthetic Training Environment Cognitive Science Of Learning

• Red Teaming and

wargaming POSITION, NAVIGATION & TIMING Global Positioning System and Navigation Technology ADVANCED ENERGY Synthetic Biology For Sensing & Energy Production Energy, Power, and Propulsion

• Operational Energy

Capability

• Hybrid Energy Storage

Module NEUROSCIENCE

• Neural, Sensory And Biomechanical

Systems

• Enhancing Warfighter Cognitive

Capability Applied Neuroscience TRUSTED ELECTRONICS

• Trusted Electronics for Intelligence,

Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Avionics Systems

• Beyond Scaling- Access

SENSORS Living Materials Naval Bioscience

• Sensor Subsystems
• Hybrid Sensor Technologies
• Persistent Aquatic Living

Sensors

• Ocean of Things
• Detect, ID, and mitigate

sUAS threats

• Distributed sensing

concepts to asymmetrically counter unconventional weapons and missile threats

R&D for Strategic Weapons

ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE OSD (DARPA ETC.) LETHALITY

• Advanced Warheads
• Long-Range Precision Fires

modernization priority

• Firepower
• High Power Microwave and Unconventional

Weapon Technologies

• Seeker Technologies
• Guidance Technologies
• Ordnance Technologies
• Air-to-Air (Ground) Concept Development

HYPERSONICS

• Conventional Prompt Strike

(CPS) advanced capability demonstration

• High Speed/Hypersonics Structures
• High Speed Vehicle Aeromechanics and

Integration

• High Speed

Systems Test and Evaluation

• Tactical Boost Glide
• Hypersonic

Conventional Strike Weapon prototype

DE/MICROWAVES •

Advanced Beam Control Component Development

• Directed Energy/Electronic

Weapons

• High Energy Laser Technologies and

Directed Energy Assessments

• Laser Beam Control Technologies
• High Energy Laser

Initiative

SPACE

• Planar Imager
• Responsive Access

for Space Resilience

• DOD Health Research Priorities: approximately $2 billion invested

–Hemorrhage – blood products (storage, transportation, in theater transfusions); extend blood platelet shelf life; improved pre-hospital treatments for critical patients; alternatives to using anti-biotics for post wound care –Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – classification of TBIs that can inform future technology and treatment strategies; biomarkers to replace CAT scans (affordability); development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) –Mental Health – PTSD, suicide prevention; substance abuse, rural healthcare/telemedicine –Pain Management – Burn care, opioid use –Infectious Disease – prevention, diagnostics, therapeutics; surveillance; warfighter v. civilian health –Combat casualty care – surgical systems and procedures, surgical en-route care, neurotrauma, minimizing blast-related injury –Health IT – electronic health records, mobile health technology, telemedicine (in theater and at home) –Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats – surveillance, prevention, detection, and treatment

• Work executed through U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) & Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), as

well as DOD basic research offices with some medically-oriented programs

• Also involved with multi-agency priorities, including:

–Global Health Security Agenda (biosurvelliance, antimicrobial resistance, and Ebola/infectious disease research and response) –Precision Medicine –Big Data: data sharing standards, software tools, enhanced training, centers of excellence –BRAIN: targeted investment to accelerate development of neurotechnologies –Alzheimer’s and aging: new investments in research and care to address growing number of patients and increased costs

DOD Medical

CDMRP – FY 2018 Topics

• Peer-Review Medical ($330 m)
• Breast Cancer ($130 m)
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological health ($125 m)
• Prostate Cancer ($100 m)
• Peer-Review Cancer ($80 m)
• Joint Warfighter Medical ($50 m)
• Peer-Review Orthopedic ($30 m)
• Spinal Cord ($30 m)
• Gulf War Illness ($21 m)
• Ovarian Cancer ($20 m)
• Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's ($16 m)
• Alzheimer’s Disease ($15 m)
• Kidney Cancer ($15 m)
• Neurofibromatosis Research ($15 m)
• Vision ($15 m)
• Lung Cancer Research ($14 m)
• HIV/AIDS program increase ($12.9 m)
• Reconstructive Transplant ($12 m)
• Trauma Clinical ($10 m)
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ($10 m)
• Hearing Restoration ($10 m)
• Orthotics and Prosthetics ($10 m)
• Global HIV/AIDS prevention ($8 m)
• Military Burn ($8 m)
• Epilepsy ($7.5 m)
• Autism Research ($7.5 m)
• Tuberous Sclerosis ($6 m)
• Multiple Sclerosis ($6 m)
• Tick-Borne Disease Research ($5 m)
• Lupus ($5 m)
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse ($4 m)
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ($3.2 m)
• Bone Marrow Failure ($3 m)

Bolded items reflect increases in FY 2018

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP): FY 2018 Topics

• Acute Lung Injury
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Arthritis
• Burn Pit Exposure
• Cardiomyopathy*
• Cerebeller Ataxia*
• Chronic Migraine and Post-Traumatic

Headaches

• Chronic Pain Management*
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Constrictive Bronchiolitis
• Diabetes
• Dystonia
• Eating Disorders
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Endometriosis*
• Epidermolysis Bullosa
• Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Hepatitis B and C
• Hereditary Angioedema
• Hydrocephalus
• Immunomonitoring of Intestinal Transplants
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Lung Injury*
• Malaria
• Metals Toxicology
• Mitochondrial Disease
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Nonopioid Pain Management
• Nutrition Optimization*
• Pancreatitis
• Pathogen-Inactivated Blood Products
• Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
• Pressure Ulcers*
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Respiratory Health
• Rett Syndrome
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Scleroderma
• Sleep Disorders
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Sustained-release Drug Delivery
• Tinnitus
• Tissue Regeneration
• Tuberculosis
• Vaccine Development for Infectious Diseases
• Vascular Malformations
• Women's Heart Disease

*Denotes new topic in FY 2018

Engaging DOD for Health and Biomedical Research

• CDMRP Feedback Submission: CDMRP recently launched a new feedback submission feature to its website. Investigators can

use the tool to submit an abstract for feedback or ask questions. Stakeholders now have the option to provide input on programs and process recommendations, as well as submit reviewer nominations and other feedback: http://cdmrp.army.mil/contact

• Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS): DOD hosts the annual MHSRS in August, in Orlando, Florida. MHSRS

is the Department’s scientific meeting, focusing on military medicine and research: https://mhsrs.amedd.army.mil/SitePages/Home.aspx

• Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference (CBD S&T): The Defense Threat Reduction Agency

(DTRA) hosts the CBD S&T annually. Through the Conference, DTRA seeks to review and project cutting-edge basic and applied research in chemical and biological defense: https://www.cbdstconference.com/home2017/