Federal Funding Updates 2025
Federal Funding Updates 2025
Federal Funding Updates 2025
Last updated 1/29/2025
NOTE: 1/29/2025: OMB memorandum rescinded
The Division of University Research is closely monitoring updates from the federal government, including Executive Orders, communications and guidance from federal agencies and from the American Council on Education (ACE), the Council on Government Relations (COGR), the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and other organizations.
The Division of University Research will inform the University community of any changes that may impact research, training programs, and federal contracts processed through the division. This webpage will be updated regularly as new information becomes available.
Contact us
If you receive information that isn’t listed on this page or receive communications from a funding agency directly relating to the funding of your project, please contact the Office of Research Development at ord@rowan.edu. Multiple people regularly monitor this email inbox and we will contact you to follow up as soon as we are able.
Recommendations for researchers
- Monitor obligated budget balances to avoid deficits while awaiting future obligations.
- Review the terms in your grant agreement, particularly those related to funding availability.
- Stay current with your submission deadlines as they may be subject to change (those deadlines may include progress reports, etc.).
- Prioritize the submission of any reports or deliverables that may be past due. Avoid late reporting and be diligent with respect to submission deadlines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Monitor policy announcements from the federal agency overseeing your grant for any updates on funding or compliance requirements.
- Be cognizant that some of these disruptions may impact your project if you are not the prime awardee, but are sub-awardee from a prime that receives federal funding (e.g., New Jersey as a recipient of federal funds, and you being a recipient of those funds through the State’s funding portal).
Policy updates
Temporary pause of federal agency grant, loan and other financial assistance programs
- 1/27/2025: The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum titled "Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs" to federal agencies.
- 1/28/2025: Q&A on OMB memorandum
- 1/28/2025: Reuters: Judge temporarily pauses Trump's freeze on grants, loans
- 1/29/2025: OMB memorandum rescinded
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA)
- The following are select recent Executive Orders issued that may have implications for sponsored research activity. The University will share additional Executive Orders and relevant guidance as they become available.
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1/21/2025: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum titled “Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders” to federal agencies.
Agency announcements
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of State
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- 1/21/2025: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused external communications through February 1. This directive applies to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and all DHHS agencies and offices.