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House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) has announced that she will retire at the end of the current Congress. The Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), is next in line to lead the full panel and said, "I am interested in placing my name for consideration as the committee member with the most experience and seniority when the time is appropriate." Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has also expressed an interest in running for the sought-after House Appropriations Committee chair in 2021. However, if Democrats lose control of the House in 2021, then Kaptur and DeLauro could complete to be the ranking member on the panel. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking reviewers for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at accredited United States institutions. Interested potential reviewers must create a registration and outline their research interests in order to be assigned applications in their expertise area. Reviewers will also participate in virtual panels to discuss the applications they reviewed. Register at: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelist_info/registration The National Science Foundation (NSF) is organizing a series of NSF-funded virtual and in-person forums focused on identifying the opportunities an...
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