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Where Federal Research Funding Stands at Mid-2026: A round-up of the current state of play legal policy

By guest contributor Anna Campana, Sr. Pre-Award Research Administrator, R1 Cancer Center, with Sarah Trimmer, Founder, The Optimum Department

Since World War II, federal research funding has flowed to universities through a stable set of rules — negotiated indirect cost rates, peer-reviewed merit ...

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2025 Supreme Court Decisions on Grant Terminations: What ResAdmins Need to Know legal policy

Guest Contributor: Anna Campana, Sr. Pre-Award Research Administrator, R1 Cancer Center

Plaintiffs suing the U.S. Government over grant terminations early in 2025 had initial success in getting federal courts to stay agency actions. However, after the last few U.S. Supreme Court decisions, these st...

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