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December 12, 2025

In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast U.S. crude oil production will average 13.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2026, about 100,000 b/d less than in 2025. This forecast decline in production follows four years of rising crude oil output. Production increased by 0.3 million b/d in 2024 and by 0.4 million b/d in 2025, mostly because of increased output in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. In 2026, we forecast modest production increases in Alaska, the Federal Gulf of America, and the Permian will be offset by declines in other parts of the United States. We forecast that the West Texas Intermediate crude oil price will average $65 per barrel (b) in 2025 and $51/b in 2026, both lower than the 2024 average of $77/b.

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U.S. National Science Foundation

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Walton Family Foundation

Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

January 09, 2026

LOI for Phase I proposals

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

March 11, 2026

Deadline for Phase I proposals

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

Proposals Accepted Anytime

Deadline for Phase II proposals

Important Information And Revision Notes

Proposals must be prepared in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Use the version of the guide that is in effect on the proposal’s due date.

Summary Of Program Requirements General Information

Program Title:

Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12

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Scientists have uncovered that some atoms in liquids don’t move at all—even at extreme temperatures—and these anchored atoms dramatically alter the way materials freeze. Using advanced electron microscopy, researchers watched molten metal droplets solidify and found that stationary atoms can trap liquids in tiny “atomic corrals,” keeping them fluid far below their normal freezing point and giving rise to a strange hybrid state of matter.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Bethel Assistance Hub will be open weekdays Dec. 11-19 to assist Alaskans who suffered losses in areas affected by the severe storms, flooding and remnants of Typhoon Halong Oct. 8-13, 2025. The deadline to apply for help from FEMA is Dec. 22.

FEMA staff there will help survivors apply for disaster assistance, answer questions and upload needed documents. The center is open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Location
AVCP Tugkar Building
570 3rd Ave., Bethel, AK 99559

Other ways to apply: 

Call the Alaska Call Center at 1-866-342-1699 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Yup’ik interpreters are available 1-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.Register on DisasterAssistance.gov.Get the FEMA App and submit your application directly through the app.

Survivors are encouraged to register for both state and FEMA Individual Assistance programs to maximize their recovery benefits. To apply for state Individual Assistance, visit www.ready.alaska.gov/ia or call 
1-844-445-7131. The deadline for that program is Jan. 8. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration offers low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits. SBA representatives are on hand 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center at Bethel City Hall, 300 Chief Eddie Hoffman Hwy. For more information, apply online at sba.gov/disaster or call 1-800-659-2955. The deadline to apply for physical damage is Dec. 22.

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