SIAM in DC

·         SIAM Action Alert: Call and Urge Your Senators and Representative to Support Balanced Deficit Reduction and Protect Research Funding

·         SIAM Committee on Science Policy Holds Fall Meeting in Washington, DC

·         Sequestration: SIAM Signs onto Community Letter to the Administration and Congressional Leadership to Protect Research Funding in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

·         NSF: Subra Suresh Responds to SIAM Letter on OCI/CISE Merger

News from the Hill

·         Fiscal Cliff: Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Outlook Unclear

Notable Funding Opportunities

·         DOD: DARPA Releases Young Faculty Award Research Announcement

·         NSF: DMS Calls for Proposals Related to the Materials Genome Initiative

·         NSF: Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)

·         NSF: NSF Releases Solicitation for Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE) Initiative

·         NSF: OCI and CISE Announce Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS) Solicitation

Federal Agency News

·         NIH: NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Discusses Workforce, Diversity, and Data Implementation Plans

(The report was prepared  by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC)