Dear Colleagues, As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, I write with updates and further guidance for researchers receiving or applying for federal grants. The general guidance provided in my September 30 message stands: Work on existing grants may continue, but renewals and new notices of award are not being issued and amendments are not being approved. Several funding
Dear Colleagues, A federal government shutdown of unknown duration now looks imminent. If one occurs, we expect to receive guidance from each federal funding agency indicating what this means for researchers receiving support from that agency. Based on previous shutdowns, we anticipate the guidances will include the following: Active federal awards: Research on existing grants should continue on
Dear Chairs and Directors, Welcome to Autumn Quarter! I hope your summer was relaxing and restorative. The academic year started for me with a visit to the New Faculty Orientation, where I met many of our incoming faculty members. Hearing their research plans was inspiring, and there was much interest in learning about the many resources the University has to help them launch. This year I will
Dear Chairs and Directors, This month, I’m sharing brief updates on two topics: interruptions to federal research funding and the campus-wide review of industrial affiliates programs. Please share relevant parts of this letter with your faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students—anyone who may find the information and links helpful. Ongoing Interruptions to Federally-Sponsored Research As of
Dear Chairs and Directors, This month, I’m sharing updates on the following topics: Interruptions to federal research funding & June Town Hall Revised MOU Policy New Marlowe charge rates, starting July 9, 2025 Expanded services offered by the Research Development Office Please share relevant parts of this letter with your faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students—anyone who may find the
Dear Chairs and Directors, This month, I’m sharing updates on four topics: Federal agency activities Update on Nano merger GrantForward: new funding search platform Welcoming Rob MacCoun, senior associate vice provost for research Please share relevant parts of this letter with your faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students—anyone who may find the information and links helpful. Ongoing
Dear Chairs and Directors, Welcome to the Spring quarter! This month, I’m sharing updates on three topics: Federal agency activities & April 3rd Town Hall FSI and CASBS leadership searches Changes to PI eligibility and COI/COC policies Please share relevant parts of this letter with your faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students—anyone who may find the information and links helpful. Ongoing
Dear Chairs and Directors, I am using this month’s letter to update you on federal research funding issues associated with the Presidential transition. Please feel free to distribute the letter to anyone in your organization you think would benefit from seeing it. You saw the message from the President, Provost, and me to the community last Tuesday. I followed that with a message regarding the
This letter was sent to all faculty on January 29, 2025. Dear Colleagues, This communication follows up on yesterday’s message to the Stanford community from the President, Provost, and me. Today, the White House rescinded Monday’s sweeping OMB memorandum. At the same time, individual funding agencies are still releasing new directives. We continue to track these developments and post updates on
This message was originally published in the Stanford Report. Dear Stanford community, We are writing in relation to yesterday’s sweeping Memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announcing a temporary stay on federal funding programs, potentially including grants and contracts to universities. The Memo is very broad and its ultimate consequences are unclear. It is not focused
