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Trump signs order giving political appointees oversight of federal grants (The Hill) Fact Sheet:
The order directs each agency head to designate a senior appointee who will be responsible for creating a process to review grant opportunity announcements and to ensure any grants awarded are “consistent with agency priorities and the national
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8/7/25NOT-OD-25-142
Update: No-Cost Extension Functionality in eRA
This notice provides an update on the guidance issued in NOT-OD-25-110 . Effective with the issuance of this Guide Notice, NIH has re-enabled the No-Cost Extension functionality within eRA Commons. Recipients may resume initiating first no-cost extensions in eRA Commons, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement, Section 8.1.1.3 . Requests that were previously submitted via the prior approval module will be reviewed, and recipients will need to initiate the first no cost extension within the Status module by using the Extension action.
8/7/25Inside Higher Ed
How Trump Forced Cuts at Wealthy Universities
Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments.
8/7/25Nature
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers
Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelling a drive to slash international student and worker numbers, but at what cost to researchers and countries leading the charge?
8/6/25The Atlantic
How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled?
If those funds are unspent, the NIH will be forced to return a massive sum to the Treasury—which several current and former NIH officials are afraid could be used to justify future budget cuts. The administration “is setting them up to fail,” the former official told me. In the United States, government agencies need Congress to fund them, but the executive branch still runs them. The Trump administration is no longer allowing the NIH to function as an agency that can handle a $47 billion budget.
8/6/25Los Angeles Times
UC says Trump’s grant suspensions at UCLA total $584 million, a ‘death knell’ for research
The University of California president on Wednesday said Trump administration grant suspensions at UCLA total $584 million, cuts that would be a “death knell” to medical, science and energy research and have spurred negotiations with federal officials.
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