Government agencies and other organizations issue Requests for Information (RFIs) that allow stakeholders to provide input, shaping the decisions that the federal government makes. The below RFIs have been issued and are currently accepting input. If you are planning to submit a response, we would love to know! Please email us at UM.FedRel@umich.edu.

The U.S. Department of Education Releases the Draft 2024-2025 FAFSA Package
The U.S. Department of Education has been working to update the FAFSA as required by passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act. In recent weeks, the Department released the draft 2024-2025 FAFSA package for public inspection in the Federal Register, and comments may be submitted here before the period closes on May 23, 2023. Federal Student Aid is preparing for the launch of the new FAFSA with a Knowledge Center Electronic Announcement, the Roadmap (containing a preview of trainings and other resources for stakeholders), and updated language on the Department’s FAFSA Simplification page.

White House OSTP National Nanotechnology Initiative RFI
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council, seeks public input in updating the National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy. The Office is soliciting feedback from a variety of stakeholders, including academia, research laboratories, nonprofits, and think tanks, among others, to inform an updated research strategy that focuses on the use of science-based risk analysis and risk management to protect public health and the environment while also fostering the technological advancements that benefit society. Responses will be accepted for any or all of the following questions:

• What are the research accomplishments in the following six core research areas identified in the 2011 NNI EHS Strategy? The six core research areas are (1) Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure, (2) Human Exposure Assessment, (3) Human Health, (4) Environment, (5) Risk Assessment and Risk Management Methods, and (6) Informatics and Modeling.
• What research gaps remain in addressing the six NNI EHS core research areas listed in question 1?
• The ethical, legal, and societal implications (ELSI) of nanotechnology are considered across the core research areas of the 2011 strategy. What additional ways could ELSI be more fully integrated throughout a refreshed NNI EHS research strategy?
• What broad themes should the revised strategy adopt to integrate and connect the six research areas?
• How should the updated NNI EHS research strategy reflect the evolution of nanotechnology beyond engineered nanomaterials to complex systems, structures, and devices?
• The 2011 strategy focused on engineered nanomaterials and did not include incidental nanoscale materials such as nanoplastics and certain nanoscale particulate emissions such as those from 3D printing. If the updated strategy is revised to include some non-engineered or incidental nanomaterials, describe how to scope the strategy in a way that complements rather than being redundant with existing health and environmental research (e.g., by excluding the large body of existing research on air pollution, which can include nanoscale particles).

• What types of research security and integrity issues do you encounter on a day-to-day basis? In the context of your institutional and organizational structure, what challenges does your organization's structure pose when attempting to address research security and integrity issues?
• Based on the duties for the RSI-ISAO specified in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and listed above, what resources should the RSI-ISAO provide to the research community to inform decision-making, management, and mitigation of research security and integrity risks?
• Given the complex nature of the RSI-ISAO, its duties and capabilities will be developed via a phased approach. Based on the duties explicitly listed in the above "Duties of the RSI-ISAO" section, please rank the duties in order from what you consider to be most important to least important, with 1 being "most important" and 7 being "least important."
• Of the duties you listed as most important in question #3, how would you envision the associated RSI-ISAO resources integrating into and adding value to your organization's research security and integrity decision-making processes?
• Given the position you hold in your institution or organization (e.g., faculty member, staff researcher, post-doc, research administrator, executive officer, compliance officer, research security official, legal counsel), how do you foresee the RSI-ISAO's resources being beneficial to you? In what ways would the RSI-ISAO's resources make research security and integrity risk-related decision-making easier for you based on your position?
• Should the RSI-ISAO have a role in connecting research institutions with one another to enhance awareness and sharing of best practices regarding matters of research security and integrity?

• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, and related advances.
• High performance computing, semiconductors, and advanced computer hardware and software.
• Quantum information science and technology.
• Robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing.
• Natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or mitigation.
• Advanced communications technology and immersive technology.
• Biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, and synthetic biology.
• Data storage, data management, distributed ledger technologies, and cybersecurity, including biometrics.
• Advanced energy and industrial efficiency technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear technologies, including but not limited to for the purposes of electric generation.
• Advanced materials science, including composites 2D materials, other next-generation materials, and related manufacturing technologies.