Updates on Federal Executive Orders and Research Activities

This webpage is dynamic and updated frequently. Please check back often.

Last updated September 10, 2025

 

Guidelines for the Research Community

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) continues to monitor the 2025 presidential administration transition. Below are some helpful guidelines.

  • Closely monitor obligated budget balances to avoid deficits while awaiting future obligations. Anticipated future funding remains subject to availability of funds and should not be considered guaranteed.
  • If you are waiting to hear back from a program officer, please be aware they may not be able to respond during the agency communications pause.
  • Ensure all technical reports and deliverables are submitted by their due dates and prioritize the submission of any that are past due.
  • Monitor policy updates: Keep an eye on announcements from the federal agency overseeing your grant for any updates on funding or compliance requirements.
  • Principal investigators are encouraged to ensure that they have access to and control over datasets.
  • Continue to submit proposals. Closely monitor the funding announcement to see if the proposal criteria changes.
  • OVPRI and the Office of General Counsel ask that you forward any communications from granting agencies relating to stop work orders, modifications to existing grants, requests for attestations, and spending justification requests.

OVPRI has adopted a process to appeal the termination of contracts and grants by federal agencies (requires DuckID to log in).

Additionally, the UO continues to monitor and communicate any immigration updates, and their potential impact to our international, Dreamer, and undocumented students, faculty, and staff.

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Recent Federal Actions

Past Federal Actions
Statements in Response to Federal Actions

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Resources for Researchers

At this time, the Council on Government Relations (COGR) is providing the most complete guidance on how the executive orders could affect operations, including a summary of executive orders. COGR's mission is to empower an unparalleled US academic research ecosystem by advancing sound federal policies and regulations that are vital to US science and innovation leadership and our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Request access to the COGR membership portal.

Please note this page is dynamic and information could be incomplete.

The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking the actions of President Trump's administration that affect higher education. Chronicle of Higher Education's Trump's Agenda for Higher Ed Tracker (sign in with your DuckID to access Chronicle content)

The Chronicle is also tracking the development of an indirect costs (also known as facilities and administrative, or F&A) model. Read more about the Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) model (requires UO VPN or account to access).

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has compiled a fiscal year (FY) 2026 research and development appropriations dashboard. It compares the White House, House, and Senate spending proposals for science and technology programs in FY 2026.

FAQs for Researchers

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Email Updates

The OVPRI plans to send weekly email updates on Wednesdays.

The following message was sent to graduate students, tenure track and research faculty, department grant administrators, OVPRI centers and institutes, core facility staff, Government and Community Relations, Office of General Counsel, and OVPRI staff on Wednesday, August 27.

Grant continuations received, update on message scheduling

Tracking Terminations and Appeals

  • Grant terminations received: 17, totaling $1.03 million
  • Change from previous week: 0
  • Relevant agencies: NEA, NEH, NSF, Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Active appeals: 12
  • Terminations lifted: 12 (NIH: 11; NSF: 1), totaling $6.1 million

These figures are current as of 9/10.

We’d like to begin with an update that the US Department of Education, specifically the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), has issued one full award continuation and others have been extended through the end of this month. We are hopeful this activity means that we will see more funded continuations in the coming weeks. The UO has historically been one of the top recipients nationally of IES awards. 

With the end of the federal fiscal year approaching, OVPRI staff are carefully monitoring the potential for a government shutdown. Contingency plans are in place if necessary. We encourage you to stay up to date by tracking the appropriations process. Advocacy partner the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has created an appropriations priorities tracker. 

Finally, we want to highlight that OVPRI's Research Communications and Executive Leadership teams have faithfully produced these weekly messages since early February. We have striven for a succinct, “just the facts” approach that avoids speculation. Going forward, if there are quiet news weeks we will skip sending a weekly message rather than add unnecessary volume to inboxes.

 

Prior Emails

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