Update on Federal Funding Guidance

Dear Faculty and Staff,

In follow up to President Mark A. Welsh III’s message yesterday regarding the federal transition, we remain committed to sharing important updates with you as they become available.

This afternoon, the Federal Office of Management and Budget rescinded the memo distributed on Monday, Jan. 27, which called for federal agencies to temporarily pause “all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive order.”

This broadly means that funding will continue to be disbursed by federal agencies, except where individual federal agencies have provided specific guidance to stop work. However, it is important to note that the executive orders guiding the original memo remain intact, and we are continuing to monitor and analyze policy changes as they are announced. Some federal agencies have already issued guidance on federally funded research projects, which is available on the Division of Research webpage. As we receive additional agency guidance and understand the impacts, we will continue to keep programs or projects affected by federal policy changes updated.

Finally, thank you to those of you who have reached out to Michael Hardy, Deputy Chief Government Relations Officer and Director of Federal Relations. We thank you all for the wonderful work you do each and every day.

Thank you,

Alan
Alan Sams
Provost and Executive Vice President