Federal Funding Updates 2025

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is actively tracking updates from the federal government, including Executive Orders, communications, and guidance from federal agencies and organizations such as the American Council on Education (ACE), the Council on Government Relations (COGR), and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). 

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will inform the University community of any changes through this webpage, that may impact research, training programs, federal contracts, and notices of funding opportunities. This webpage will be updated regularly as new information becomes available.

• Regularly monitor your obligated budget balances to prevent deficits while awaiting future funding obligations.
• Carefully review your grant agreement terms, especially those concerning funding availability.
• Stay up to date with submission deadlines, as they may change (including deadlines for progress reports and other requirements).
• Prioritize submitting any overdue reports or deliverables. To avoid delays, remain diligent with submission deadlines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Keep an eye on policy announcements from the federal agency managing your grant for updates on funding or compliance requirements.
• Be aware that disruptions may affect your project even if you are a sub-awardee under a prime awardee receiving federal funds (e.g., receiving funds through New Jersey’s state funding portal).
• Unless you receive specific instructions to halt activity, continue your research, scholarship, and grant-related work in accordance with your award terms.

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

• ​​2/2/25: Access to the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) has been restored and the system is available to accept payment requests as of 12:00 PM ET on February 2, 2025. See the FAQs below for more information.

COGR 2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources

Federal Student Aid Guidance Related to Temporary Pause of Federal Financial Assistance Programs

AAU OMB Memo Pausing American Scientific Advancement

DOE Memorandum for All DOE Funding Agreements or Awards

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Immediate Pause on Issuing Documents and Public Communications

U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI

Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities

Technical Difficulties Affecting Grants.gov

• HHS is experiencing technical difficulties that has made the Grants.gov website inaccessible. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and will publish an update once the issue is resolved. If this presents an immediate concern, please contact the Grants.gov Applicant Support Center at support@grants.gov to create a support ticket. We apologize for any inconvenience.

NSF layoffs in 2025: Deep budget cuts headed for U.S. research sector

NIH Scraps Program to Diversify the Biomedical Workforce, a Longtime Goal of Science

NIH 15% Cap on Indirect Cost Reimbursement - Information & Resources

22 states sue to block Trump cuts to NIH research payments

Trump administration ordered to restore removed CDC and FDA websites

Education Department axes over $600M in grants training teachers on 'divisive ideologies'

Department of Education orders universities to eliminate DEI programs within two weeks

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

Department of Education contract cuts spur ‘chaos and confusion’

If you receive information not included on this page from a funding agency regarding your project's funding, please reach out to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at orsp@kean.edu.