2025 Newsletter Archive

• December 16: NIH Chief Defends Funding Shift to States like Nebraska, Iowa During Visit to Massachusetts • Boise State celebrates research award ‘firsts’ – for university and for state • NIH releases several Notices of Policy Changes relating to grant funding processes •Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• December 12: Special Focus - EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and Foundation Annual Meeting 2026 • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• December 9: NIH Chief Defends Funding Shift to States like Nebraska, Iowa During Visit to Massachusetts • Boise State celebrates research award ‘firsts’ – for university and for state • NIH releases several Notices of Policy Changes relating to grant funding processes •Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• December 3: Science Works Here • Exploring the Quantum Frontier: UNK professor helps advance cutting-edge research through EQUATE • NIH awards $11 million for UK diabetes prevention research COBRE •Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• November 18: Updates on the resumption of operations at NSF • NIH issues interim guidance on reopening of NIH extramural activities • Building Biomedical Excellence: Nebraska INBRE program supports faculty research, undergraduate experiences • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• November 11: Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • Seeking Applications for Exceptional Candidates for the Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH • House to return after Senate passes government funding bill • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• November 4: Senate HELP Explores Biotech Innovation • Gov. McMaster (R-SC) Honors Former EIF Board President with Governor’s Award for Scientific Awareness • DOE to build nine new supercomputers at national labs • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• Special Focus for October 29: Now Accepting Nominations for 2026 W. Fred Taylor Award
  
• October 28: Government shutdown continues with no end in sight • NIH renews support for Delaware INBRE - $31.3 million for biomedical research • NASA discovers bacteria that can ‘play dead’ and may have been accidentally sent to Mars • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• September 30: Federal Agencies Release Contingency Plans for Government Shutdown • Senator Moran (R-KS) meets with NSF Director Brian Stone • Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• September 23: Dr. Jon Lorsch Named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research • NIGMS to release two new COBRE opportunities• NIH introduces new system for awarding research grants to foreign scientists • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• September 17: NSF invests $6.2 million in EPSCoR Research Fellows • NIH on track to spend full budget by Sept. 30 • ‘Nearly Unmanageable’ Research Regulations Tackled by New Academies Report • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• September 9: Postponed EPSCoR PI Meeting Rescheduled for November 3 • Homeland Security Proposes New Student Visa Restrictions • McMahon to Higher Ed Leaders: Join Us to ‘Make Higher Ed Great Again’ • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• September 3: Track IDeA Program NOAs with a Resource from Piestar • NSF Proposes Graduate Fellowships Backed by Public-Private Funding• Postponed EPSCoR PI Meeting Rescheduled for November 3 •Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• August 26: Federal agencies release implementation plans for 'Gold Standard Science' • Supreme Court Lets NIH Pause Nearly $800M in Research Grants • Trump Gives Political Appointees Final Authority Over Grants • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• August 12: NSF invests $29.2 million in EPSCoR Research Infrastructure collaborations for transformative impact across 11 jurisdictions • President Trump signs EO to overhaul federal grantmaking process • Innovative traineeships prepare the next generation of STEM leaders in AI, quantum, biotech and more • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• August 6: Celebrating 25 Years of Idaho INBRE • Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • ICYMI: Your Science Is Our Voice — Help Us Tell the Story • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• July 16: Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity • VSA and EIC to Host Reception during APLU Summer Joint Meeting of the COR and CGA • Your Science Is Our Voice — Help Us Tell the Story • Breaking Through: Tiny Worlds, Big Science • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• July 9: Tax and spending megabill increases funding for private R&D, defense and NASA • Trump signs sweeping bill into law, marking major shift for higher education • Brown University recognizes Dr. Sharon Rounds for receiving 2025 W. Fred Taylor Award at 2025 EIC/EIF Annual Meeting' • KU Medical Center awarded $31 million NIH IDeA grant to facilitate pediatric clinical trials across network of 18 rural and underserved sites • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• July 1: NIH memo halts cancellation of medical research grants • ICYMI – A Recap of the NIGMS May 2025 Council Open Session • ICYMI – United for Medical Research coalition announces new resource, 'NIH Research 101' • WVU Research Office taps Lei for interim vice president role as King steps down • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• June 24: Judge blocks NSF’s 15% cap on indirect costs, siding with universities • Federal judge orders NIH to restore multiple canceled grants • Kansas INBRE Receives Notice of Award • Michael Khonsari Receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• June 18: Feedback on the Joint Associations Group's F&A Proposals Due June 22 • IDeA Program Discussed During Budget Hearing • EIC and EIF Speak at 2025 IDeA Central Region Meeting • White House unveils new proposal cutting science funding • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• June 11: NAS President McNutt Delivers State of the Science Address 2025 • Trump withdraws nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA • What IHEs should expect as Senate works on reconciliation bill • National Academies Explore Reducing Bureaucracy in Research • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• June 5: Special Focus - Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and Foundation • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• June 3: EIF Resources for Communicating Programmatic Impacts • Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • Trump Administration's MAHA Report on Children's Health Criticized for Flawed Citations • 16 States Sue National Science Foundation Over Research Funding Cuts • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• May 27: NIH Director Answers Questions at First Staff Town Hall • MAHA Commission report depicts a grim situation of U.S. children's health • House Narrowly Passes Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" After All-Night Session • NSF Adds DEI, Israel Boycott Restrictions to Grant Terms • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• May 19: RFK Jr. stands by deep cuts to health budget during contentious hearings • NIH lays off additional hundreds of staff, several from National Cancer Institute • Huge shake-up of NSF begins as agency marks 75th anniversary • Sen. Cassidy appoints health lobbyist as Senate HELP staff lead • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• May 1: Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on Biomedical Research Wednesday • The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster • Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF • ERVA Resilient Rural Communities visioning event held at the University of Iowa • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• April 29: Tomorrow, April 30 – Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on Biomedical Research
  
• April 25: Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • Dr. Panchanathan resigns NSF directorship • NIH to bar grants for institutions hosting DEI programs, Israeli boycotts • The 79 institutions most at risk of Trump's cuts • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• April 11: NASA Administrator Nominee Wants More Flagship Science Missions • NIH pulls funding for several pre- and postdoctoral training programs • NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows Panelist Opportunity • How NIH cuts are affecting regional economies • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• April 4: A Message from the desk of the Director • ERVA’s latest report • Bhattacharya Begins NIH Director Tenure • Trump Orders Cuts to HIV Research • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• April 1: Widespread Layoffs and Leadership dismissals Hit U.S. health agencies • UND Announces 2025 Pages & Pathways Conference • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• March 28: Bhattacharya confirmed as NIH director • Updates from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • NIH Cuts Leave Early-Career Scientists in Limbo • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• March 14: Trump's cuts threaten NSF REU programs • Congress races to avert government shutdown • NSF Panelist Opportunity for EPSCoR Collaborations • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• March 11: Bhattacharya backs IDeA programs in NIH director nomination hearing • Mississippi State University DEPSCoR Day Postponed • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• March 7: Funding Cuts Hit Red States Hardest • Annual Updates 2025 • EIF Hosts NASA EPSCoR Caucus Meeting • NSF Begins Reinstating Probationary Employees • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
  
• February 19: NIH/NSF Funding Updates • Photos from EIC/EIF Annual Meeting • NIH Indirect Funding Cap • Two Top Officials Leave NIH • Upcoming Events, Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• January 21: EIC/F Annual Meeting Registration Due • Joe Danek and Fred Taylor Award Winners Announced • EDA Tech Hub Grants Announced • NIH Leadership Change + Jurisdictional Highlights, Funding Opportunities & more!
• January 10: EIC/F Annual Meeting right around the corner! • Venue/Hotel Information • One-Pagers + Registration, Agenda & more!