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OSTP Announces New Action Plan to Bolster, Expand, and Diversify the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Workforce

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Hutton On June 27, 2023, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced the release of a new action plan intended to “rapidly and equitably expand biotechnology and biomanufacturing education and job training programs in the United States.”

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USDA Celebrates Inaugural National Biobased Products Day, Announces 2022 Award Winners for BioPreferred® Program “Excellence in Procurement”

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the kickoff of the inaugural National Biobased Products Day and highlighted the accomplishments of people and organizations working to improve sustainability within the federal government. biotechnology and biomanufacturing.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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Lawmakers are working to pass a short-term spending package to keep the government open in October. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. 16, although disagreements remain over COVID-19 funding, aid for Ukraine and energy permitting reforms proposed by Sen.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Todd Young’s (R-IN) Endless Frontiers Act from the last Congress, Biden endorses investing $50 billion to create a new technology directorate in the National Science Foundation to fund research on topics like semiconductors and advanced computing, advanced communications technology, advanced energy technologies and biotechnology.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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billion for climate and clean energy-related research. This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change. 13, 2021.

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Biden administration requests 16% increase in domestic spending, $4 billion for climate and sustainability research

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trillion to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022). However, the budget document provides the Biden administration’s vision for the federal government. This includes a large amount for climate and clean energy research, $9.4 increase to $753 billion for defense spending. National Science Foundation.