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On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency’s research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

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Synopsis

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are interested in proposals that will propel our understanding of the biomedical research enterprise by drawing from the scientific expertise of the science of science policy research community.

NSF promotes the progress of science by maintaining the general health of research and education across all fields of science and engineering. The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate within NSF supports basic research on people and society. The SBE sciences focus on human behavior and social organizations; how social, economic, political, cultural and environmental forces affect the lives of people from birth to old age; and how people in turn shape those forces. SBE’s Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact Program (SoS:DCI) supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy.

The NIH is the U.S.

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Physicists are exploring thorium-229’s unique properties to create a nuclear clock so precise it could detect the faintest hints of dark matter. Recent measurement advances may allow scientists to spot tiny shifts in the element’s resonance spectrum, potentially revealing the nature of this mysterious substance.

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ST. LOUIS – The Disaster Recovery Center in the parking lot of Sumner High School in St. Louis City will close permanently this Monday, August 11 at 7 p.m.

Two other Disaster Recovery Centers are staying open until further notice.

FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration are helping impacted residents and businesses with their disaster assistance applications, answering questions, and uploading required documents. 

St. Louis City Location – Closing August 11LOCATIONHOURS OF OPERATIONSumner High School — Parking Lot
4248 Cottage Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63113

Friday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Closing Permanently: Monday, August 11

St. Louis City Locations – Staying OpenLOCATIONSHOURS OF OPERATIONUrban League Entrepreneurship and Women’s Business Center 
4401 Natural Bridge Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63115Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday: ClosedUnion Tabernacle M.B. Church
626 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108

Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Saturday, August 9 only)
Sunday: Closed

Closed on weekends after this Saturday, August 9.

Application Deadline Extended to August 26

The FEMA application deadline for the May 16 disaster has been extended to August 26, 2025.

To save time, please apply for FEMA assistance before coming to a Disaster Recovery Center. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362

If you are unable to apply online or by phone, someone at the Disaster Recovery Center can assist you. 

Help is still available after the deadline. August 26 is the deadline to submit an initial application. Impacted residents can stay in touch after the deadline to ask for financial assistance

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