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UC Riverside Washington Report
Feb. 14, 2025

In the past several weeks, there has been a scramble to interpret fast-moving orders from the new federal administration. An order on Feb. 7 would drastically reduce the $2.6 billion the UC system receives from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH. With this recurring UCR Washington Report email, we will offer a curated list of relevant updates to the UC Riverside community regarding actions coming out of Washington, D.C.
UC Updates


  *   The University of California has launched the UC Advocacy Network Campaign<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4> to enlist the help of public in urging lawmakers to protect NIH funding.
  *   Weekly UC federal relations update<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief>.
  *   UC Provost Katherine Newman addresses<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/sites/default/files/2025-02/message-from-provost-newman-on-02-12-2025.pdf> the temporary restraining order issued by a federal court on the NIH cuts. The order followed a suit filed by the UC system and 12 other universities.
  *   UC President Michael Drake writes<https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/ucnetwork-february-2025/#drake> about the repercussions from proposed NIH cuts.

 Upcoming

  *   Register to attend<https://ucop.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SDHBltf2RRCX2aQ4UuqAJQ#/registration> an 11 a.m., Feb. 19 Council of University of California Staff Assemblies Town Hall featuring President Drake.
Resources

  *   UC federal updates microsite<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates>
  *   Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs are an integral part of research funding. This fact sheet<https://documents.ucr.edu/university-relations/uc_facilities_admin_costs.pdf> helps explain.
Partners

  *   Updates<https://www.aau.edu/resources-aau-ace-aplu-legal-action-contesting-nih-cuts-fa-reimbursement-rates> on legal action initiated by the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and American Council on Education.
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