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.

Research Security Updates for Federal Grant-Seekers. On May 1st, several federal agencies will require grant applicants to complete training in Research Security. This free training is hosted by NSF (https://www.nsf.gov/research-security/training). Complete all four modules and save your completion certificate; ORSP will launch a website to collect them on April 28th.

Implementation of New Initiatives and Policies Page Now Available

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

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

Department of Education contract cuts spur ‘chaos and confusion’

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions - Frequently Updated 

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment – 3/10/2025 

NIH Announcement on Peer Review Centralization – 3/6/2025 

HACU Statement on Higher Ed and Research Funding - 2/7/2025 

HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

NIH blocks researchers in China, Russia and other countries from multiple databases

NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half 

NSF, NIH Slash Support for Early-Career Scientists

Higher Education Association Lawsuits Challenge NIH and DOE Cuts to F&A Reimbursement

DOE Puts 15% Cap on Universities’ Indirect Research Costs

National Organizations Announce Joint Effort to Develop a New Indirect Costs Funding Model 

• Organizations representing America’s academic, medical, and independent research institutions, along with other relevant experts, have come together to spur the development of a more efficient and transparent model for funding indirect costs on federal research grants 

DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants | The Independent

Statement of Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, and Association of Public & Land-grant Universities Regarding Their Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Energy Research

HS to Restore States’ Public Health Funds to Comply With Order

States sue Trump administration over NIH grant termination

Steep budget cuts and layoffs coming to NSF

Agriculture Department cancels $3 billion grant program for climate-friendly crops

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities

Updates on NSF Priorities

NIH said to have halted awarding of new grants to top universities

Federal Grants Website Gets DOGE’d

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review

Trump signs order to revamp college accreditation process - The Hill

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.