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Adapting to the changing federal landscape
Adapting to the changing federal landscape
Federal agencies are adapting day-by-day to the executive branch's orders and memos. Those adaptations are trickling down to us as well. The RD office is also tracking several sources to adapt our plans for this trip, for proposal development, and for faculty advice. Links to some helpful sources are below.
2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources (Council on Governmental Relations)
Executive Order Tracker (Akin)
NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders (NSF)
Tracking Federal Changes 2025 (Univ. of Michigan)
Tracking Federal Changes 2025 (NC State University)
ScienceInsider Blog (AAAS Science Magazine)
We are continuing to plan the trip as best we can.
Concept Papers
Concept Papers
If you have a concept paper (or more than one) that you'd like someone from the RD Team to comment on, let us know. We are more than happy to.
Elevator Pitches
Elevator Pitches
We are happy to chat with you about your pitch to practice talking about your research. If enough people are interested, we can also schedule a group practice.
Collaborating with DC-area Researchers at MOU Institutions
Collaborating with DC-area Researchers at MOU Institutions
Michigan Tech recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) [Tech Today announcement] with the University of District Columbia (UDC). UDC is the only HBCU land-grant university in the country.
Take a moment to search for potential collaborators in the directory or on the program pages. We can help proactively invite them to our group sessions.
Consider looking for a program similar to your own (Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Humanities), or for programs that we don't have at Michigan Tech which would complement your research well (Urban Sustainability, Nutrition and Dietetics, Law Enforcement, and others). Find the list of programs here: https://www.udc.edu/programs/
Feel free to reach out to any UDC researchers you'd like to connect with. Here are some prompts that you might address in your email:
Bullets for emails to UDC faculty
Bullets for emails to UDC faculty
UDC and MTU signed an MOU and are exploring collaborations.
Describe how your research areas may align — “Our research areas complement each other, and I’d love to discuss how we might collaborate.”
Tell them when you’ll be there. “I’ll be in the DC area from XX to XX. I’d love to chat in person if you’re interested. We could meet for coffee or lunch, or you could join our group for meetings with federal program officers”
We invite you to join our group at NSF for group meetings with OIA, OISE, and TIP on Wednesday, May 10. Or you could join us for group meetings at a central location downtown with program officers from ARPA-E, NOAA Knauss, DOT, NASA, NIST, USDA, and NIH on Thursday, May 11. If you are interested in joining us, please let me know by Friday, April 28.
Bullets for emails to Morgan State University faculty
Bullets for emails to Morgan State University faculty
Michigan Tech faculty visited Morgan State University's biology department in Sept. of 2024
Michigan Tech is interested in continuing collaborations with Morgan State University.
Describe how your research areas may align — “Our research areas complement each other, and I’d like to discuss how we might collaborate.”
Tell them when you’ll be there. “I’ll be in the DC/Baltimore area from XX to XX. I’d like to chat in person if you’re interested. We could meet for coffee or lunch, or you could join our group for meetings with federal program officers”
We ask that you invite any collaborators or potential collaborators to join in an agency visit. Once we have our schedule for the DC trip, you may invite them to any programming we have scheduled including these potential opportunities, ARPA-E, NOAA Knauss DOT, NASA, NIST, USDA, NSF and NIH.
Meetings with Program Officers
Meetings with Program Officers
You are responsible for making individual or small group (less than 5 people) meetings with program officers. Plan on starting to email or call starting in March, and ping them weekly until you get a meeting or an answer. We expect that you have received a variety of responses: some saying they don't meet with PIs, some requiring a concept paper, and some requiring you to work with another person within the agency. There is great variability in PO personalities. If you are receiving a disappointing response, we can help. Contact someone on the RD Team.
To the right is some sample text you can use to reach out to program officers. You can click on the document to open the Google Doc and make a copy.
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