News Archives: September, 2025
Federal Agencies Release Contingency Plans for Government Shutdown
With the potential federal government shutdown approaching this week, several federal agencies have released updated contingency plans for a lapse of funding. Browse the links below to view the plans:
Dr. Jon Lorsch Named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
A statement from NIH Director Dr. Bhattacharya
NSF invests $6.2 million in EPSCoR Research Fellows
The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $6.2 million in 24 exceptional researchers who have been selected as NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Fellows.
NIH on track to spend full budget by Sept. 30
The National Institutes of Health is on pace to spend its full $47 billion budget by Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year, after accelerating grant awards in August.
Track IDeA Program NOAs with a Resource from Piestar
This week, the EIF is featuring a tool that has been incredibly helpful in tracking IDeA grants at NIH – the Piestar NOA Tracker. Many in the IDeA and EPSCoR communities are familiar with Piestar and work with them on data management, tracking capacity building, outcomes and general reporting. To learn more about Piestar, visit https://www.piestar.com/.
The end of the fiscal year is September 30, 2025. For those IDeA COBRE and INBRE grantees who have not yet received funding, click here to access additional tools on the EIF website for communicating the impacts of delayed funding.