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2025 Federal Government Shutdown

At midnight on Oct. 1, 2025, the federal government partially shut down. Resources and FAQs on the impact of the partial federal government shutdown to research will be updated as they become available.

Collaborative Grant Services Post-Award Open House - 9/24/25 and 10/29/25

The Collaborative Grant Services (CGS) Post Award Leadership Team will two Open House sessions to share the latest updates and clarifications to the CGS Service Level Catalog.

NIH Projects with Foreign Components and NIH Highlighted Topics

Guidance from the NIH on foreign components (from Sept 12, 2025 notice) and the new Highlighted Topics page.

SciENcv Training Available

Use of SciENcv is required for Other Support requests received October 1, 2025, or later, including proposals, just-in-time requests and progress reports (i.e., NIH RPPRs).

NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026

NIH will no longer post notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) in the NIH Guide. The NIH Guide will continue to be used for policy and informational notices.

Update on NIH No-Cost Extension Process

If you submitted a request to NIH since May 2025 for a No-Cost Extension via the Prior Approval mechanism in eRA Commons, please reach out to the CGS Grant Specialist who assisted you as soon as possible.

Rescission of NIH Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award

On 6.12.25 NIH rescinded the 4.12.25 “Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award.”

Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities

NIH is expiring a list of Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) at the end of the current application cycle (May 24, 2025).

DoD 2025 Decision Matrix Update

The Department of Defense (DoD) published the 2025 Decision Matrix to Inform Fundamental Research Risk Decisions, effective for all proposals submitted on or after May 9, 2025.

Grant Re-budgeting Requests

Alert CGS and OSPA if you are approached by program officer to re-budget.

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