**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** USDA/NIFA'S SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT-UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE (GUIRR) IS APPLIED TO TWO SETS OF ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST SET OF ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTES GUIRR CORE, THE SCIENCE POLICY ARM OF GUIRR. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, GUIRR WILL HOST THREE MEMBER MEETINGS, TYPICALLY IN FEBRUARY, JUNE AND OCTOBER. MEETING TOPICS/THEMES ARE PROPOSED BY THE MEMBERS AND PERTAIN TO CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL CONCERN THAT REQUIRE GREATER CROSS-SECTOR (GOVERNMENT-UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY) COLLABORATION. GUIRR WILL ALSO HOST ITS MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES. SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON AN ARRAY OF ISSUES ARE UNDERTAKEN BY SMALLER WORKING GROUPS AS APPROPRIATE. PROJECTS ARE OFTEN TARGETED INITIATIVES THAT ARISE FROM AND ARE IN RESPONSE TO GUIRR MEETING DISCUSSIONS.THE SECOND SET OF ACTIVITIES ARE THOSE OF THE FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIP, OR FDP, A SEMIAUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO MINIMIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF FEDERALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH. THE FDP HOLDS THREE GENERAL MEMBER MEETINGS PER YEAR, USUALLY IN JANUARY, MAY, AND SEPTEMBER. IT ALSO ENGAGES IN NUMEROUS IMPACTFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROJECT INITIATIVES. THE FDP HAS NEWLY ENTERED IN PHASE VII, INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS FROM 217 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND 10 FEDERAL AGENCIES. FORTY-SEVEN (47) OF THE UNIVERSITIES ARE EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS (ERIS; LESS THAN $50 MILLION PER YEAR IN R&D EXPENDITURES), UP FROM 26 ERIS IN PHASE VI. FOR HISTORICAL REASONS, GUIRR HAS SERVED AS SECRETARIAT AND NEUTRAL CONVENER OF FDP SINCE ITS INCEPTION 30 YEARS AGO. AS SUCH, IN ADDITION TO ITS CORE ACTIVITIES, MOST FDP FUNDING ALSO FLOWS THROUGH GUIRR.THE ACTIVITIES PRESENTED IN THIS NEW CONTINUATION RFA COVER FY 2021-2026. OF THIS USDA AWARD, $15,000 WILL GO ANNUALLY TOWARDS GUIRR AND $20,000 WILL GO TOWARDS FDP. REMAINING FUNDS COME FROM OTHER GUIRR AND FDP MEMBER AGENCIES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM DOD, NIH, AND NSF. ODNI SUPPORT FOR GUIRR RECENTLY CONCLUDED BUT RENEWED SUPPORT IN 2021 IS ANTICIPATED.

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