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夜色王朝Federal Research Updates

Updated: January 31, 2025

This webpage provides information and resources related to Federal Executive Orders and other notifications and actions that potentially impact federally-funded research activities at 夜色王朝. The content of this webpage will be updated regularly as additional details and developments become available.

Background

On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget issued Memorandum M-25-13, 鈥

This memorandum requires 鈥淔ederal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President鈥檚 policies and requirements.鈥 Seven specific Executive Orders are included as part of this review. . This memorandum has since been rescinded through Memorandum M-25-14, although the Executive Orders remain in effect.

夜色王朝Office of Research and Innovation (夜色王朝ORI) is continuing to monitor the situation and will provide additional information and details as and when they become available. Below is the current guidance from 夜色王朝ORI for 夜色王朝researchers and faculty. This guidance will be updated over time.

What We Know So Far

Some projects have received stop-work directives from certain agencies. ORI has been in communication with the PIs of these projects.

  • 01/29/2025 - The Office of Management and Budget issued that rescinded the previous memorandum and instructed agencies affected by the Executive Orders to seek their general counsels for guidance.
  • 01/28/2025 - All spending against federal grants have been frozen as of 4:00pm. However, the freeze is temporarily halted until 02/03/25 through an administrative stay order from a federal court.

Various agencies including NSF have provided compliance guidelines to their PI community. Here are some useful links:

  • 1/28/2025 鈥
  • 1/27/2025 鈥
  • 1/24/2025 鈥
  • 1/23/2025 鈥

General Guidance on Proposal Submissions

夜色王朝Sponsored Projects Administration within 夜色王朝ORI will continue to work with faculty to submit proposals as long as federal submission portals remain operational.

For those submitting funding requests, please confirm that the funding announcement has not been revised for requirements and/or timeline changes.

Look for any DEIA-related aspects from solicitations to be removed.

Expect changes to research compliance requirements for new proposals and for existing projects (e.g., export control, IRB, IACUC, FCOI). If you have any questions, contact researchcompliance@smu.edu.

General Guidance on Current Awards and Research Activities

While 夜色王朝anticipates some changes to award requirements and/or terms and conditions for certain existing federal awards, most research activities at 夜色王朝are expected to continue as originally planned. 夜色王朝is committed to supporting ongoing research projects with the following considerations in mind:

  • If an existing federal award undergoes a change due to an agency鈥檚 actions, 夜色王朝ORI will notify the principal investigator and will work with the PI and agency to modify the award.
  • If a principal investigator receives any notice regarding a funded project, including a stop-work order, the PI should not respond directly to the notice; instead, they should forward the notice to 夜色王朝Sponsored Projects Administration who will prepare and send a response.
  • If a principal investigator received a stop-work order from an agency, they should immediately stop all project activities as specified by the agency until further notice from the agency.
  • If a particular federally-funded grant has a component with 鈥,鈥 any funded work on that component should be suspended at this time. Any DEIA related charges should not be applied to the award and DEIA allocated funds should not be spent. Other components of the funded grant can continue as planned. If a principal investigator is unsure of this determination, they should contact the Office of Research and Innovation for additional advice.

For any additional questions regarding 夜色王朝Research and funding updates, please reach out to the Office of Research and Innovation at sponsoredprojects@smu.edu.