• COGR's Summary Tracker of Executive Orders
    The Council on Government Relations (COGR) has several trackers that may be of interest. We recommend reviewing COGR’s Summary Tracker of Executive Orders for summaries and possible impacts on higher education for all Executive Orders issued this year.  COGR also has a robust litigation tracker that outlines the status of lawsuits challenging recent government actions related to grant…
  • National Institutes of Health - Early Expiration of Opportunities
    Synopsis: NIH through Notice Number NOT-OD-25-113 announced a Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Reviewer Framework for NIH Research Grant Applications. NIH will expire the listed NOFOs at the end of the current application cycle (May 24, 2025). NIH will accept R01, R21 and R34 continuous submission applications intended for the standard May 7…
  • National Science Foundation - Research Infrastructure Outreach
    You may notice some interruptions in the NSF Research Infrastructure Outreach website and content, as well as the Communities of Interest Portal. These disruptions are expected to be temporary.  
  • National Institutes of Health - Foreign Subawards
    New NIH Foreign Subaward Structure Enhances Integrity, Accountability, Oversight, and National Security of NIH Funded Research. Effective with the next NIH award cycle, all NIH-funded research involving foreign subawards must be structured as subprojects directly linked to the prime award. Foreign subawards are prohibited from being nested under the parent grant.
  • National Institutes of Health - Public Policy
    NIH has announced that they are accelerating the implementation of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy. It will now go into effect on July 1, 2025. In 2024, NIH revised the Public Access Policy to remove the embargo period so that researchers, students, and members of the public have rapid access to these findings.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
    A database including NEH grants that were canceled by DOGE as of April 8, 2025 (not including fellowships) is available online. Over 1,000 awards totaling over $363 million were terminated.
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island v. U.S. DHHS
    Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from immediately terminating public health grants appropriated by congress to fund various public health programs. These programs include tracking infectious diseases, ensuring access to immunizations, fortifying emergency preparedness, providing mental health and substance abuse services, and modernizing…