The scope of the subcommittee includes such issues as climate change and renewable energy. Senator Cantwell intends to focus much of the subcommittee’s efforts on advancing clean energy initiatives. According to a news release from the Senator’s office, “Renewable energy, smart grid technologies, research at national labs, energy market regulation and nuclear waste cleanup are among my top priorities as the new chairwoman of the Energy Subcommittee. Transitioning to a clean energy system is a key component of our economic recovery, and I am anxious to continue working with members of the Energy Subcommittee and green energy technology leaders to move America toward this new clean energy future.”
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Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Agenda
| Project Title |
Project Description |
Amount | Funding Mechanism | Appropriations Bill and Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS) | Supports the development of new methods for deployment training and reset training of soldiers in the Madigan Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Unit, as well as reintegration training of physicians and civilian reservists in the Pacific Northwest; skills training through simulation; and research of how to leverage the power of distributed training and treatment over the Internet. | $6.38 million | Directed Appropriation | Defense – USAMRMC |
| Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) | Supports the construction of a networked infrastructure of science-driven sensor systems to measure the physical, chemical, geological and biological variables in the ocean and seafloor. Greater knowledge of these variables is vital for improved detection and forecasting of environmental changes and their effects on biodiversity, coastal ecosystems and climate. | $130 million (for the OOI component of the MREFC account) | Programmatic | Commerce/Justice /Science – NSF Major Research Equipment Facilities Construction (MREFC) Account |
| Puget Sound Ecosystem Research Initiative (PSERI) | Supports the integration of scientific data and information in the implementation of the Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda for the protection and restoration of the Puget Sound. | $2.13 million | Directed Appropriation | Interior/EPA – Environmental Programs and Management |
| Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center | Supports the NW Center, an Oregon State University/University of Washington partnership. OSU will direct the NW Center and focus its efforts on applied research for wave energy. UW will focus on research specific to tidal energy. The two Universities will leverage their expertise and experience to accelerate the development of ocean energy. The NW Center will work directly with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. | $5 million ($1.2 million to UW) | Directed Appropriation | Energy/Water – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects |
| House of Knowledge | Supports a multi-service learning and gathering space for Native American students, faculty and staff, and others of various cultures and communities to come together in a supporting and welcoming educational environment to share their knowledge and their cultures. Requested funding will support design. | $1 million | Directed Appropriation | Transportation/HUD – Economic Development Initiative |
| Integrated Transportation Lab and Research Program | Supports research initiatives for green roads sustainability rating system; power roads system of using transportation infrastructure to generate electricity; rapid construction techniques; freight forecasting; simulation and visualization of traffic operations; and improved safety for non-motorized and motorized travel. | $2 million | Directed Appropriation | Transportation/HUD – STP or TCSP |
| UW Bothell Nursing Faculty Consortium Training Program | Supports the final phase of a three-year project designed to increase the number of master’s-prepared nursing faculty available to teach in Washington state higher education facilities, increasing the quantity and quality of practicing nurses. | $500,000 | Directed Appropriation | Labor/HHS/ Education – FIPSE, or HRSA |
| Washington State Biofuels Industry Development | Supports the provision of critical equipment for converting Washington state mixed biomass sources into transportation fuels. | $1 million | Directed Appropriation | Energy/Water – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects |
| Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Hearing Loss and Auditory System Injuries | Supports focused research on the prevention of hearing loss and other inner ear diseases due to combat exposures and aging. Enormous progress can be achieved in a relatively short time by investing resources on biological approaches toward prevention and regeneration. | $45 million | Programmatic | Defense – Army |
| Federal Agency Funding Level Recommendations | In addition to the specific projects and programs mentioned above, the UW will make funding recommendations for agencies of particular significance, which include: USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services; NOAA; NSF; DoD RDT&E; DoE Office of Science; DHS S&T Directorate; EPA, DoA State and Private Forestry, USGS Survey Research, NEA, NEH, DoEd., HRSA, NIH, and VA Medicine. Given the delayed release of a full PBR, the UW will make recommendations by spring 2009. | TBD | Programmatic | Various |
International Education Meeting to Commemorate Title VI Anniversary
Next month, campus international education officials and a number of university presidents and chancellors will come to Washington, D.C. for a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title VI, which authorizes the international education programs funded through the Department of Education.
The Title VI meeting and celebration will be held March 19 to 21 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill at 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW.
Additional information about the conference is available at: http://titlevi50th.msu.edu/ .
Congressman Baird to Chair S&T Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
The Democratic members of the House Committee on Science and Technology formally elected their subcommittee chairs last week. Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA) was elected as chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, while Congressman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) will take up the role of chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education vacated by Baird.