The Trump administration filed an appeal in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of the final judgment issued by Judge Indira Talwani on June 20, 2025, that vacated and declared invalid the NSF’s 15% indirect cost rate policy.
The Trump Administration filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit of the final judgment issued by Judge Allison D. Burroughs vacating, in its entirety, the DOE Rate Cap Policy and its applicability to institutions of higher education nationwide.
On June 16, 2025, AAU, APLU, ACE and 12 research universities filed a lawsuit contesting the cutting of F&A reimbursement rates for DoD grants.
On May 5, 2025, AAU, APLU, ACE and 13 research universities filed a lawsuit contesting the cutting of F&A reimbursement rates for NSF grants and cooperative agreements.
This is a legal filing contesting this unlawful and damaging decree submitted jointly by AAU, APLU, and ACE in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, along with a number of impacted research university co-plaintiffs, seeking to halt the proposed cut.
This is a legal filing contesting the unlawful and damaging decree by the administration to cap F&A reimbursement rates to a 15% for all NIH research.
Legal Filing | Costs of Research (F&A Costs) | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health