2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Officials tack on additional leadership review for hiring, promotions to preserve GW’s ‘limited’ resources

Feb. 24, 2025 - Officials will add another step to the approval process for faculty and staff hiring and promotions to protect GW’s “limited” resources.

Officials tack on additional leadership review for hiring, promotions to preserve GW’s ‘limited’ resources

PhD admission decrease won’t affect research goals, University says

Jan. 28, 2025 - PhD budget growth is set to be reduced from 6% to 4% through reduced admissions targets.

PhD admission decrease won’t affect research goals, University says

Social Security Slashes Cooperative Agreements

Feb. 21, 2025 - The Social Security Administration today announced the termination of their Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) cooperative agreements.

Social Security Slashes Cooperative Agreements

U.S. Department of Education Cancels Divisive and Wasteful Grants under the Comprehensive Centers Program

Feb. 19, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education cancelled 18 grants totaling $226 million that were awarded under the Comprehensive Centers Program.

U.S. Department of Education Cancels Divisive and Wasteful Grants under the Comprehensive Centers Program

UC San Diego, bracing for more than $200M in funding cuts, freezes faculty hiring

Feb. 20, 2025 - ‘This is the biggest financial challenge in UCSD’s history,’ said Terry Gaasterland, a longtime faculty member.

UC San Diego, bracing for more than $200M in funding cuts, freezes faculty hiring

University of Louisville announces 5-month hiring freeze amid 'volatility' in federal funding

Feb. 21, 2025 - The University of Louisville placed an "immediate pause" on all faculty and staff positions until July 15.

University of Louisville announces 5-month hiring freeze amid 'volatility' in federal funding

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

Crowdsourced list of programs that have announced cuts to graduate admissions

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts

Feb. 21, 2025 - Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs.

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty

Feb. 21, 2025 - The school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could play out.

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty

NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

Feb. 22, 2025 - NIH had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds

N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s

Feb. 14, 2025 - Federal spending records show the allocations are about $1 billion lower than last year’s disbursements were at this time.

N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling

Feb. 21, 2025 - Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling

Opinion: I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty

Feb. 21, 2025 - “I’ll keep doing what I can to move my research forward. But I, and so many others, can’t do this indefinitely,” this assistant professor writes.

Opinion: I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty

NEH Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Feb. 11, 2025 - To comply with recent Executive Orders, NEH is adding several new prohibited categories to the Funding Restrictions section of its NOFOs.

NEH Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

NIH funding cuts could devastate health, science research in NJ | NJ Spotlight News

Feb. 12, 2024 - Academics fear the costs for scienctific research, higher education and public health if Trump NIH cuts go ahead.

NIH funding cuts could devastate health, science research in NJ | NJ Spotlight News

New guidelines to support financial stability | UIC today

Feb. 21, 2025 - Formal approval is now required for new hires, high dollar investments, and future funding commitments, including faculty startup packages or other multiyear financial obligations.

New guidelines to support financial stability | UIC today

‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts

Feb. 20, 2025 - The NSF went beyond the staff cuts demanded by the Trump administration in a move that set off a frenzied backlash at the science funding agency.

‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts

University of Hawaii removes ‘diversity’ from key office in effort to safeguard federal funding

Feb. 19, 2025 - UH president Wendy Hensel says the university could lose nearly $400 million in federal funding if it doesn’t comply with President Trump's executive order.

University of Hawaii removes ‘diversity’ from key office in effort to safeguard federal funding

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next

Feb. 20, 2025 - Experts warn there might be more disruption to come. Many of the policies rolled out so far track with proposals put forth in Project 2025.

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next

Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

Feb. 19, 2025 - In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions.

Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

Have Trump’s anti-DEI orders hit private funders? HHMI halts inclusive science programme

Feb. 7, 2025 - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education.

Have Trump’s anti-DEI orders hit private funders? HHMI halts inclusive science programme

Kentucky lawmakers seek to weaken tenure, restrict DEI

Feb. 20, 2025 - A pair of Kentucky bills introduced this month by Republican lawmakers could weaken tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion effort.

Kentucky lawmakers seek to weaken tenure, restrict DEI

Virginia Tech | Message from Provost and COO: Update on National Institutes of Health (NIH) F&A Funding Cap

Feb. 11, 2025 - Considering that other federal agencies may also reduce F&A costs, VT encourages PIs in the interim to limit expenditures funded by returned overhead.

Virginia Tech | Message from Provost and COO: Update on National Institutes of Health (NIH) F&A Funding Cap

Budget Planning and Potential Freezes | Office of the Provost | Washington State University

Feb. 10, 2025 - WSU System to evaluate its budget with a focus on scenario planning for near-term futures where reductions are necessary.

Budget Planning and Potential Freezes | Office of the Provost | Washington State University

Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed

Feb. 2025 - Based on analysis of 2024 NIH funding data. Sums are totals of losses in funding to programs if indirect costs had been capped at 15%.

Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue

Feb. 19, 2025 - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment.

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue

Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing

Feb. 18, 2025 - These cuts are the very definition of being pennywise and pound foolish.

Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing

Schools, colleges have 2 weeks to ban DEI. An education expert warns it won't be easy

Feb. 19, 2025 - The Dept. of Education told schools to stop DEI efforts or risk losing federal dollars. The president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation warns it won't be quick and easy.

Schools, colleges have 2 weeks to ban DEI. An education expert warns it won't be easy

Cuts to USAID halt US farm research at universities, sources say

Feb. 12, 2025 - The Trump administration's dismantling of the USAID has halted work at a network of farm research laboratories at land grant universities in 13 states.

Cuts to USAID halt US farm research at universities, sources say

Court declines to block DOGE from accessing Education Department data

Feb. 18, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee, said the student group failed to show it faced “irreparable harm” without emergency relief.

Court declines to block DOGE from accessing Education Department data