Issued each Monday, FYI This Week highlights upcoming science policy events and summarizes news from the past week.

President Biden tours the National Wind Technology Center with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, left, and National Renewable Energy Lab Director Martin Keller, right.

The Week of September 20, 2021

- Key Budget Deadlines Loom
- House Weighs Research Security Measures
- Biden Expands PCAST
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
The capitol building in fall

The Week of September 13, 2021

- R&D Windfall Hinges on Democrats' Negotiations
- Nanotechnologist Acquitted in China Initiative Case
- DOE Envisions ‘Ubiquitous’ Solar Technology
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    House Science Committee Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), right, meets with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in June

    The Week of September 6, 2021

    - Science Committee Divvying Up Proposed $45B Infusion
    - Fusion Panel Airs Budget Worries
    - Woodwell Chief Joins OSTP Climate Team
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) speaks at a committee meeting in February 2020.

    The Week of August 30, 2021

    - White House Releases R&D Priorities Memo
    - House NDAA up for Debate
    - DOE Hosts 'Hydrogen Shot' Summit
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    The Advanced Photon Source user facility at Argonne National Lab

    The Week of August 23, 2021

    - Panel Benchmarks Basic Energy Sciences Program 
    - National Ignition Facility Shatters Fusion Record
    - CERN Expands Contribution to US-Based Neutrino Project
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    NASA astronaut Christina Koch works on the Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) project aboard the International Space Station

    The Week of August 16, 2021

    - OSTP Implementing Research Security Directive
    - Decadal Survey of Space-Based Research Begins
    - JPL Director Departs
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

    The Week of August 9, 2021

    - IPCC Updates Climate Outlook
    - Reconciliation Plan Includes Tens of Billions for R&D
    - APS Criticizes Federal Crackdown on China Ties
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) speaks at a July 28 press conference on the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill.

    The Week of August 2, 2021

    - Vote Nears on Infrastructure Spending
    - DOE Science Nominees Get Hearing
    - Senate DOE Funding Bill on Deck
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    NIST’s antenna calibration facility.

    The Week of July 26, 2021

    - NIST Policy Bill Advancing in House
    - Science Agency Infrastructure Proposals Multiplying
    - DOD R&D and NNSA Heads Confirmed
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
    A hydrogen-fueled test car operated by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab. The Energy Infrastructure Act, which the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved last week, proposes providing $8 billion to establish four regional clean hydrogen production hubs and $1 billion to support hydrogen electrolysis demonstration projects. (Image credit – Dennis Schroeder / NREL)

    The Week of July 19, 2021

    - NIST Director Nominee Named
    - Energy Tech Funds Added to Infrastructure Bill
    - Spectrum Interference Back in Spotlight
    - Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
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