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While it is difficult to predict the extent of the impacts or how agencies may respond, our experience has shown that short-term disruptions typically have minimal impact on federally funded projects. The Office of Research is committed to providing clear and timely information to support our researchers and their important work.

Thank you for your collaboration and support as we navigate this situation together. We are maintaining a running list of guidance relating to recent executive orders that could impact federal funding. This page will be updated.

• NIH F&A Reduction to 15% 
  • Case No. 1:25-cv-10338, 1:25-cv-10346, and 1:25-cv-10340
  • Granted a permanent injunction on 4/4
  • Case has been appealed to the First Circuit Court and is awaiting hearing
    • Appellate Case (First Cir.) 
      
      
• Dept of Energy F&A Reduction to 15% 
  • Case No. 1:25-cv-10912
  • Temporary Restraining Order in place 4/16 
  • TRO will continue until the request for preliminary injunction is resolved. 
    
    
• NSF F&A Reduction to 15% 
  • Lawsuit filed on 5/5, Case 1:25-cv-11231 
    
    
• , Effective 3/25/2025
  • Detailed description of expenses now required for any draw of funds, known as the DOGE form
  • All requests are elevated up to a couple of individuals at each agency that report to DOGE
  • Requiring reduction of payment systems outside of the Treasury and the Treasury is charged with reviewing payments for fraud, waste, and abuse 

• No Cost Extensions (NCE),
  • Grantee initiated automatic 12-month NCEs are no longer permitted
  • All NCE must be submitted via Prior Approval Module in Commons 
    
    
• Foreign Subawards,  
  • NIH will not issue new awards that include a subaward to a foreign entity  
  • Institutes may opt to renegotiate awards to remove subawards to foreign entities. If a project is no longer viable without the foreign subaward, NIH will work with the recipient to negotiate a termination of the project
  • NIH is establishing a new award structure that will prohibit foreign subawards from being nested under the parent grant. Unknown structure expected to be implemented by 9/30/2025 to manage foreign subrecipients  
  • New structure may extend to domestic subawards as well 

 

February 26, 2025 — Calls for a 30 days pause on payments to evaluate of grants and contracts for fraud, waste, and abuse.

 

February 3, 2025 — Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) challenging the pause of certain Federal financial assistance. 

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January 29, 2025 — The Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its memo freezing spending on federal grants.

OMB Rescission Memo

 

January 28, 2025 — With the new administration taking office on January 20, 2025, several Executive Orders (EOs) have been issued. These EOs could signal shifts in federal priorities, which may impact awarded projects and pending applications from federal sponsors.

 

January 27, 2025 — In implementing President Trump’s executive orders, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidance requesting that agencies temporarily pause, to the extent permitted by law, grant, loan or federal financial assistance programs that are implicated by the president’s executive orders.