On Friday, April 11, the administration announced it would again attempt to slash funding for critical American research. This time it announced it would cut the Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rate, or the indirect costs rate, to 15% for all Department of Energy research grants to colleges and universities. This action would have an immediate and dire impact on critical energy, physical sciences and engineering research nationwide.
Below 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.