Federal Funding Updates 2025
Federal Funding Updates 2025
Federal Funding Updates 2025
Last updated 2/8/2025
The Division of University Research is closely monitoring federal government updates, including Executive Orders, communications and guidance from federal agencies and organizations, including the American Council on Education (ACE), the Council on Government Relations (COGR) and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU).
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 is not 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).
- Unless you have received a directive to stop activity, please continue with research, scholarship and grant activities as consistent with your award.
Agency announcements
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- 2/7/2025: NOT-OD-25-068 : Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
- 2/7/2025: COGR: Memo on NIH Indirect Cost Rates
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders, including a message to NSF principal investigator community, updated regularly
- Frequently asked questions, including updates on the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$)
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.
- 2/1/2025: Notice of Court Order & Temporary Restraining Order
Department of Energy
Department of State
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Policy updates
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.
Resources
- COGR: 2025 Administration Transition Information and Resources, updated regularly
- ACE: Recording of dotEDU Live: New Orders and New Challenges for Higher Education, February 6, 2025