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 Today, the White House rescinded Monday’s sweeping OMB memorandum.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
Dear Chairs and Directors, I hope that your winter quarter is off to a good start. Congratulations to Sarah Soule on her appointment as the incoming Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Over the last few years, Sarah has been a tremendous faculty director for the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). She will continue to serve in that role until she begins her
Dear Chairs and Directors, Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope your fall quarter continues to be productive and invigorating. This month, I am sharing updates on the following topics: New CHIPS Design and Collaboration Semiconductor facility Welcoming new leadership to the Industrial Contracts Office Reminder: Free Travel Medicine Services in EH&S CHIPS R&D Semiconductor Facility Announced for Bay
Dear Chairs and Directors, Welcome to the autumn quarter. I had the pleasure of meeting many of our recent faculty hires at the New Faculty Orientation a few weeks ago. What an inspiring group! This academic year, I will continue to use this chair's letter to help you and your colleagues stay updated on research matters across campus. This month, I am sharing updates on the following topics
Dear Chairs and Directors, I hope your summer was productive and relaxing. I write to share updates on four topics: Changes to Research Policy Handbook (RPH) 15.2 Indirect (F&A) Cost Waivers Launch of University-wide Industrial Affiliates Review Project Latest NSF Solicitation for Science and Technology Centers New Leadership in the Office of the VPDoR Changes to Research Policy Handbook 15.2