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Executive Actions Archive

Previous OVCR Guidance

02/21/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs, Feb. 21

02/13/2025: Update on NIH eRA Commons, Salary Cap, & Proposals

02/13/2025: OVCR Office Hours Summary — a recap of the OVCR Office Hours webinar held on Feb. 12 (this is an internal page, ONYEN login required)

02/11/2025: Update on NIH Notice on Indirects & NIH Proposals

02/08/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs, Feb. 8

02/07/2025: OVCR Office Hours Summary — a recap of the OVCR Office Hours webinar held on Feb. 6 (this is an internal page, ONYEN login required)

02/05/2025: Preserving Access to Research Data
02/03/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs

01/29/2025: 2nd OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs 

01/29/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs

01/28/2025: OSP: Guidance and Reminders on Executive Actions for Federally Funded Programs

01/28/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs

01/27/2025: OVCR Office Hours Summary — a recap of the OVCR Office Hours webinar held on Jan. 27 (this is an internal page, ONYEN login required)

01/27/2025: OSP: Reminders on Stop-Work Orders & OVCR Open House

01/23/2025: OVCR Update on Federal Funding Programs

Previous Federal Updates

2/08/2025: A federal judge in Massachusetts granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) indirect rate cut after 22 states, including North Carolina, filed a lawsuit to block the order. Per the TRO, the NIH has until Friday, Feb. 14, to file an opposition to the motion, and a hearing to evaluate next steps has been set for Feb. 21.

2/07/2025: The NIH published a notice (NOT-OD-25-068) entitled “Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Costs,” stating that effective immediately, all NIH grants must have a maximum indirect cost rate of 15% in lieu of the normal rates defined in a university’s negotiated indirect cost rate agreement.

2/03/2025: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that a federal court order blocking the federal funding freeze doesn’t halt the administration’s efforts.

01/31/2025: A federal district judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order that blocks all agencies from “pausing, freezing, or terminating federal funding” for the coalition of 22 states and D.C. that brought the suit.

01/29/2025: OMB rescinds Memorandum-25-13, its order to broadly freeze grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. Students will receive financial assistance without interruption. The President’s Executive Orders from the past week remain in effect.

01/28/2025: A federal judge suspended the temporary freeze issued in OMB Memorandum 25-13 until Monday, Feb 3.

01/28/2025: NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

01/28/2025: OMB issued clarification that programs not implicated by the President’s Executive Orders are not subject to the temporary pause mandate issued on 1/27/2025.

01/27/2025: Internal memo on to NIH staff clarifying restrictions that President Donald Trump’s new administration implemented for HHS staff last week.

01/27/2025: OMB: Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies (Memorandum 25-13)

01/21/2025: The Department of Health and Human Services issued a memo outlining short-term action for the department and its agencies, which has caused cancellations of some study sections for the National Institutes of Health, potentially delaying some new awards.