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SAVE THE DATE: Topic-Specific QRAM (07/15)
Dear Colleagues: Please mark your calendars for an off-cycle Quarterly Research Administration Meeting (QRAM) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 from 2:00-3:00PM. Sponsored Projects will be hosting this topic-specific QRAM on international collaborations in federally sponsored projects. During this session, we will review proposed changes to the Uniform Guidance, specifically the updates covering foreign collaborations and…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/16/26Forbes Trump’s Research Policies Are Rattling The Career Plans Of Young Scientists A new NBER study reveals the Trump administration's 2025 federal science policies are significantly deterring young biomedical researchers. A survey of doctoral students and postdocs showed a sharp decline in their intent to remain in U.S. academia, with…
Read MoreYouTube Tuesday: High Risk Budget Categories and Compliance Concerns
YouTube Tuesday: High Risk Budget Categories and Compliance Concerns Watch Now The post YouTube Tuesday: High Risk Budget Categories and Compliance Concerns appeared first on News & Announcements.
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/15/26Higher Ed Dive 20 attorneys general sue Trump administration over federal contractor DEI order Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (Maryland, et al. v. Hegseth et al. ) challenging the March 26 executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion programs among federal contractors 6/14/26New York Times Legal…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/12/26STAT, Opinion, AAMC President David Skorton I’ve spent 40 years in research. I have never seen a threat to science like the new grantmaking rule In my more than 40 years in higher education and research, I have watched the American approach to research weather budget fights, ideological storms, and…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/10/26Science ‘Weird and capricious’: Experts struggle to understand new list of political jobs at science agencies The list is “weird and capricious,” says Carrie Wolinetz, a lobbyist with Lewis-Burke Associates and former chief of staff to Francis Collins when he was director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One…
Read MoreForthcoming Revisions to NASA Disclosure Forms
Dear Colleagues: I am forwarding the update from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) below regarding a new Research Security Training attestation. Beginning August 5, 2026, an attestation will be required, to be completed by signing a certification included in the updated NASA Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms. Advance copies…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/8/26Inside Higher Ed Police Remove Researchers From Diabetes Conference Police removed five researchers from the annual American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans on Friday as they distributed copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration for decimating America’s biomedical research enterprise, MedPage Today first reported . Washington PostSee also Diabetes…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/5/26Nature Europe is ditching US tech — what does this mean for researchers? European governments are choosing European digital tools — and some universities and researchers are doing the same….Several European countries have already been moving away from US technologies, and some researchers are feeling the effects of these shifts. 6/5/26Axios…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/3/26NPR President Trump seeks control of science funding Published in the Federal Register on May 29, experts say the proposed changes would both codify the administration's strategies to dismantle certain fields of study in the U.S. and lend it new authority to "advance the President's policy priorities." New York TimesSee…
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