Federal Research Funding
Agency Guidance

Please find agency guidance and communications related to recent White House Executive Orders:

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • 1/23/2025: NIFA Notice: Funding Opportunities Under Review

  • 1/21/2025: Memorandum: Hiring, Regulatory and Obligation of Funding Moratoriums (PDF)
    
    

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • 1/31/2025: Cease Gender Ideology Activities on CDC Awards (PDF)

  • 1/29/2025: Terminate DEI Activities on CDC Awards (PDF)
    
    

• Department of Defense (DOD)

  • 1/28/2025: Department of Defense Statement Clarifying Defense Contracting
    
    

• Department of Education (ED)

  • 1/23/2025: News Release: U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Eliminate DEI
    
    

• Department of Energy (DOE)

  • 1/31/2025: Final SC DEI CBP.PIER J40 Suspension Letter MN 1.31.25 (PDF)

  • 1/28/2025: Executive Order Update to PIER Plan Requirement
    
    

• Department of Labor (DOL)

  • 1/22/2025: Immediate Implementation of Executive Orders (PDF)
    
    

• U.S. Government Services Administration (GSA)

  • 1/24/2025: Acquisition Pause (PDF)

  • 1/22/2025: Contractor Notice re Implementation of Executive Order (PDF)
    
    

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  • 1/23/2025: Initial Guidance Regarding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) Executive Orders (PDF)

  • 1/20/25 NASA Amendment 109: Removing DEIA Requirements from ROSES 2024

  • 1/6/2025: Message to the NASA Grantee Community
    
    

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • 2/7/2025: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (see Recent Updates section for more information)
    
    

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • 1/28/2025: NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
    
    

• U.S. Department of State 

  • 2/15/2025: "Special Notice to Foreign Assistance Recipients"

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • 1/24/2025: Notice on Implementation of Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (PDF)
    
    

• Other Resources

  • Council on Governmental Relations (COGR): 2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources page 

  • Association of American Medical Colleges:  

    • Facilities & Administrative Costs 

    • Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Costs of Research Fact Sheet