Federal Research Updates Archive

August 15, 2025: NIH Unified Strategy
May 14, 2025: Department of Defense: Implementation of a 15% Indirect Cost Cap on Assistance Awards to Institutions of Higher Education
May 7, 2025: National Institutes of Health (NIH): NOT-OD-25-110: Updated NIH Processes for No-Cost Extensions
May 2, 2025: National Science Foundation (NSF): Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
April 11, 2025: Department of Energy Overhauls Policy for College and University Research, Saving $405 Million Annually for American Taxpayers
March 6, 2025: NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity (NIH Press Release)
February 7, 2025: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
February 1, 2025: Department of Health and Human Services: Notice of Court Order and Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
January 28, 2025: Department of Defense: Statement Clarifying Defense Contracting Department of Energy (DOE)
January 28, 2025: U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
January 27, 2025: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science: Executive Order update to Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research (PIER) Plan requirement
January 24, 2025: United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Notice on Implementation of Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
January 23, 2025: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Initial Guidance Regarding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Executive Orders National Science Foundation (NSF)

September 5, 2025: Restoring the United States Department of War (The White House)
September 3, 2025: Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research (KFF Health News)
September 2, 2025: Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard (CNN)
August 7, 2025: Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers (AP)
July 22, 2025: NIH to Limit AI Use, Cap Grant Applications at 6 per Year (Inside Higher Ed.)
July 18, 2025: Fearful of AI-generated grant proposals, NIH limits scientists to six applications per year – AAAS (Science)
July 14, 2025: US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to gut Education Department (Reuters)
July 14, 2025: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities (Nature)
July 7, 2025: NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies – Drug Discovery and Development (Drug & Development)
May 19, 2025: Defense Department Caps Indirect Research Cost Rates for Universities (Inside Higher Education)
May 8, 2025: Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions (Science)
May 7, 2025: 13 Universities File Suit Against NSF’s Cap On Indirect Research Costs (Forbes)
May 5, 2025: Trump Executive Order Restricts Gain of Functional Research on Pathogens Under Federal Agency Announcements (New York Times)
May 1, 2025: Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones (Nature)
April 30, 2025: NIH plans to reduce animal testing in federally funded research (STAT)
April 28, 2025: Exclusive | Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration (Wall Street Journal)
April 21, 2025: NIH moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts (CNN)
April 16, 2025: Judge Blocks DOE Move to Cut Indirect Cost Rate (AIP)
April 15, 2025: Trump administration freezes $2 billion after Harvard rejects demands (NBC)
April 15, 2025: Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding (BBC)
April 12, 2025: DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions (MSN)
April 1, 2025: Major layoffs begin at health agencies that track disease and regulate food (New York Times)
April 1, 2025: Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy (Scientific American)
March 27, 2025: 10,000 Federal Health Dept. Workers to Be Laid Off (New York Times)
March 26, 2025: Trump officials will screen NIH Funding opportunities (Science)
March 25, 2025: Makary and Jay Bhattacharya confirmed by Senate as FDA commissioner and NIH director (STAT)
March 25, 2025: ‘People will die based on these decisions’: Trump administration cuts funding for dozens of HIV studies (CNN)

March 24, 2025: Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research (Roll Call)
March 24, 2025: ‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science (New York Times)
March 21, 2025: 4 things to know about Trump’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education (CNN)
March 20, 2025: Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department (NBC News)
March 11, 2025: NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake (MSN)
March 11, 2025: Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce (CNN)
March 10, 2025: NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy (Science)
March 7, 2025: These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration (New York Times)
March 7, 2025: U.S. cancels $400 million in grants, contracts to Columbia University over Gaza protests (CNBC)
March 6, 2025: Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants (Nature)
March 5, 2025: Federal judge blocks (AP News)
March 5, 2025: Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments (STAT news)
February 26, 2025: NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research (NPR)
February 21, 2025: Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order (Nature)
February 21, 2025: Federal judge extends order blocking Trump NIH research cuts (STAT)
February 21, 2025: Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding (AP News)
February 13, 2025: Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (USA Today)
February 12, 2025: Trump administration’s NIH layoffs total 1,165 people, internal email shows (Reuters)
February 10, 2025: Judge blocks Trump administration’s move to cut billions in NIH scientific funding (ABC News)
February 10, 2025: NIH Cuts On Hold After States Sue (Inside Higher Ed)
February 8, 2025: Roundup: Statements and Coverage Re: NIH Funding Cuts (Library Journal)
February 8, 2025: NIH Caps Indirect Costs at Flat Rate (NACUBO)
February 4, 2025: Federal Judge Issues Restraining Order on Trump Administration (Newsweek)
February 3, 2025: CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers (Reuters)
February 3, 2025: NIH eases freeze on grant reviews imposed after Trump communications pause (Science)
January 29, 2025: Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending (NBC News)
January 28, 2025: Trump aid freeze stirs chaos before it is blocked in court (Reuters)
January 28, 2025: What Trump’s funding freeze could mean for universities, nonprofits, and more (AP)
January 27, 2025: Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid (Politico)
January 22, 2025: Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freeze on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring (Science)