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UC Riverside Washington Report
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The National Science Foundation, or NSF, has announced a cap of 15% on the facilities and administrative, or F&A, portion of research grants. The Association of American Universities, or AAU, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and the American Council on Education have filed a joint suit<https://www.aplu.org/news-and-media/news/statement-of-aplu-the-association-of-american-universities-and-the-american-council-on-education-regarding-their-legal-challenge-to-the-national-science-foundations-cut-to-critical-research/?mkt_tok=NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGaQa8QxDKpo8FMM486UeZsGYbRkFgRJzShbEpTZCFQ7nCkNz6I0BVK_4jQMfiO3DJlSBGRwGDo9zOrgRPkUGgINOsvCbhctSB0xfIKvklqndI> with 13 universities challenging the NSF F&A reduction. This is similar to the proposed cap to National Institutes of Health, or NIH, and Department of Energy F&A funds. Judges have issued restraining orders against both of those directives.

The NSF has also frozen funding for all new and existing grants, impacting billions in research dollars, following the termination of numerous NSF grants in past weeks.

A budget proposal<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/the-white-house-office-of-management-and-budget-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-skinny-budget/> from President Trump would eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, or NEA, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH. This follows recent moves by the NEA and NEH to lay off employees and cancel grants. Congress has final authority over the president’s budget proposal.

With no prior notice, the administration revoked and then reinstated the legal status of some international students on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS. About a dozen current or former UCR students were previously impacted.

UC updates

  *   The UC Office of the President addresses<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates/weekly-federal-update-brief> federal administration moves including for student visas; immigrant rights; targeting of DEI programs and funding, and proposed changes to student loans.
  *   UC President Michael Drake issued a statement<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-president-michael-v-drake-statement-trump-administrations-proposed-fiscal-2026-budget> regarding the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget.
  *   Become part<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/advocate/medical-research?p2asource=nihresearch-ucr4> of a UC-led effort to persuade Congress to oppose proposed administration cuts to federal funding that would greatly hinder UC health research.

UCR updates

  *   UCR’s Research Impact site<https://researchimpact.ucr.edu/> spotlights the world-changing campus research that results from federal investment.

Partners

  *   A working group on reframing facilities and administrative costs will host town hall webinars on May 8<https://cogr.member365.org/public/event/details/8a5554dd7dbb8b0e1876f964a4248d9b2e4e1aa1/1> and May 12<https://cogr.member365.org/public/event/details/ad29a1f95f466c6cbc4260a5b76128dea37fbbb1/1> to consider a revised and more transparent model.
  *   AAU President Barbara R. Snyder addresses proposed NSF cuts<https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/statement-aau-president-barbara-r-snyder-cuts-nsf-facilities-administrative>. Snyder refers to the proposed cuts as “a self-inflicted wound and a gift to competitors and potential adversaries.”

Resources

  *   UC federal updates microsite<https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/federal-updates>


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