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2/18/26: Intellectual Property: Information on Draft Guidance to Assert Government Rights Based on Price (GAO 26-107885) When federally funded research leads to inventions, there are certain conditions under which the funding agency can exercise “march-in rights.” March-in rights permit a funding agency to allow a third party to license the invention. In 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released draft guidance proposing that the government could consider the price of a product when deciding whether to use march-in rights. Most public comments on the guidance supported using march-in rights to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Studies estimate this would only affect a few drugs. As of December 2025, NIST hadn’t finalized the guidance. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107885
2/17/26: After ‘Rupture,’ Science Leaders Call for More Advocacy (Inside Higher Ed) The Trump administration’s seismic disruptions to the academic research enterprise were top of mind at the annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science in Phoenix last week. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/02/17/after-rupture-science-leaders-call-more-advocacy
2/17/26: The Republicans Made Peace With Science (The Atlantic) Which political party provides more federal funding for science? Given climate-denial rhetoric, attacks on expertise, the size of government, and culture-war battles over research, many Americans may believe that Democrats support science and that Republicans don’t.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/republicans-democrats-science-funding-trump/685996/
2/13/26: Another NIH institute loses its director (Science) The purge of leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues. The chief of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Lindsey Criswell, told her staff Wednesday evening that her 5-year leadership appointment had not been renewed, meaning 16 out of 27 NIH institutes and centers will be operating without a permanent director. https://www.science.org/content/article/another-nih-institute-loses-its-director
2/13/26: The Heritage Foundation Drove Trump’s 2025 Higher-Ed Agenda. What’s Its Plan for 2026? (The Chronicle) Project 2025, the influential policy blueprint published by the Heritage Foundation, set a clear agenda for the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to reform higher education in its first year in office. What comes next? Heritage’s “ Themes for Higher Education Reform ,” published in January, give an indication. One item high on its list: stripping accreditors of their role as gatekeepers of federal funding. The Trump administration has already sought to shake up accreditation by bringing new agencies into the mix, but the Heritage proposal goes much further. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-heritage-foundation-drove-trumps-2025-higher-ed-agenda-whats-its-plan-for-2026
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