To support CU Boulder鈥檚 advocacy in Washington, D.C., the university鈥檚 Federal Relations team is soliciting campus input to help identify the university鈥檚 priorities for congressionally directed and programmatic funding for federal Fiscal Year 2024.
Your participation in the process will aid in developing the annual fiscal and policy requests that Federal Relations delivers to the Colorado congressional delegation on behalf of the university. Campus leadership is seeking your input on two types of federal funding requests: 鈥�
Programmatic requests
Each year, Federal Relations seeks funding for existing federal programs and accounts relevant to University interests, including topline funding levels for executive agencies and programs such as NSF, NIH, and NASA as well as for federal student aid programs such as Pell, TRIO, Federal Work Study, and more. These programmatic requests may also include language directing federal agencies to implement programs in specific ways.
Congressionally directed spending requests
Federal Relations also undertakes efforts to secure funding from Congress for compelling projects that fall outside peer-reviewed and other existing processes, including through congressionally directed spending or earmarks. Earmark funding supports small-to-medium sized projects, typically less than $1 million. Members of Congress can only support a handful of projects in their district or state and the process is extremely competitive and unpredictable. In the past, these requests have been for one-time funding only.
Please submit and 听产测听Friday, February 3, 2023.
Proposals relevant to the Chancellor鈥檚 Strategic Imperatives (Shape Tomorrow鈥檚 Leaders, Be the Top University for Innovation, Positively Impact Humanity) and the campus strategic priorities听(innovation, DEI, student success, mental health and wellness, and campus resource resilience)听will be favorably considered. Proposals relevant to congressional and federal agency priorities are more likely to receive federal support. CU Boulder anticipates selecting only a handful of proposals for FY 2024, but may be able to support additional projects through other means or in future fiscal years.
Learn more (recorded webinar)
Federal Funding: What Makes Compelling Requests to Congress
To learn more about what makes a compelling and effective congressionally directed spending听or programmatic funding request, featuring Heather Ben茅, Associate Vice President of Research and Federal Policy for CU, and Miriam Quintal, managing principal at Lewis-Burke (a DC-based government relations firm), who detailed the process and importance of advocating for CU at the federal level.
CU鈥檚 Office of Government Relations partners closely with Lewis-Burke on federal strategies to amplify the interests of the CU Boulder community.
Questions may be submitted to rio@colorado.edu.