Roundup: Federal Research Funding Proposed Rule: Media Coverage, Statements, and Submissions
OMB-2026-0034 Proposed Uniform Guidance Revisions
Media Coverage, Statements, and Filed Comments — Roundup
Ed. Note: Below find links to media coverage, statements, etc. re: the Office of Management and Budget’s recently published PROPOSED Uniform Guidance Revisions. We will update this roundup on a regular basis and will focus on materials of special interest to libraries, scholarly communications, higher education, and other areas we post about on infoDOCKET.
- Total Comments Received: 496,775 (via Regulations.gov)
- Number of Comments on Docket: 54,011 (via Regulations.gov)
Given the volume of comments we will be sharing a small (very small) collection of them below, primarily those filed by organizations. Please visit Regulations.gov to access all comments.
Last Update: July 24, 2026; 11:45am Eastern
Filed Comments
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Analysis
- AAU, APLU, COGR
OMB Proposed Rule on Uniform Guidance: Immediate Considerations for Research Institutions - ACE: American Council on Education
Office of Management and Budget Government-Wide Regulations for Federal Financial Assistance - APLU: Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities
Key Issues within OMB Uniform Guidance Revision Proposal
Tracker of Congressional Letters on Uniform Guidance - Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
OMB Proposes Changes to Federal Grant Administration—How Will They Impact Federal Broadband Funding? - CGS: Council of Graduate Schools
Understanding the OMB’s Proposed Rule on Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance - Elizabeth Ginexi, Former NIH Program Official
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule - LSE Impact Blog
New Rules For Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated - NACUBO
OMB Proposes Major Changes to Federal Grant Rules - NAICU: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Proposed OMB Rules Would Have Wide-Ranging Effects on Federal Grantmaking
Media Coverage
- AP
White House Moves to Give Political Appointees More Power Over Federal Grants - Ars Technica
Proposed New US Funding Rules: We Can Cancel Any Grant at Any Time - Axios
Plan to Overhaul Grantmaking Shakes Researchers - C&EN
White House Move to Step Up Political Role in US Research Sparks Alarm - EE News
Trump Targets Science in OMB’s Grants Revamp - Eos
White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process - Forbes
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry - IHE
White House Aims to Establish Political Oversight of Federal Grants - Nature
White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need To Know - NPR
President Trump Seeks Control of Science Funding - Science
White House Seeks to Tighten Political Oversight of Grantmaking - Scientific American
White House Proposes New Rules Giving Political Appointees Final Approval on Research Grants - The NY Times
White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants - The Scholarly Kitchen
Proposed Uniform Guidance Revisions Would Eliminate Journal Subscriptions and APCs as Allowable Federal Grant Costs ||| The US Government’s New Guidance for Federal Grants and The Case for Scholarly Societies - THE
Trump’s Ban On Paying Open Access Fees ‘Won’t Cut Costs’
Proposed Rules
- Federal Register: Office of Management and Budget: Proposed Rules
Vol. 91, No. 103, May 29, 2026
108 pages; PDF.
Statements/Comments
- AcademyHealth
The Federal Rule That Would Dismantle America’s Research Infrastructure - AA: Afterschool Alliance
Proposed OMB Changes to Federal Grant Rule Could Impact Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs - AFJ: Alliance for Justice
Federal Funding: The OMB Rule Proposal That’s Got Nonprofits Talking - AAM: American Alliance of Museums
A Foresight Take on Proposed Government Funding Regulations - AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Statement on OMB Rule Politicizing Federal Grantmaking - AACR (American Association of Cancer Research)
AACR Statement and Call to Action Concerning OMB Proposal to Rewrite the Rules for Scientists and Physicians Who Are Improving Public Health and Saving Lives - AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges
OMB Proposes Rule to Revise Uniform Guidance - AASA: The School Superintendents Association
New Proposed OMB Rules Would Impact LEAs - AAU: American Association of Universities
OMB Proposes Major Changes to How the Federal Government Funds Scientific Research ||| Five Ways OMB’s Proposal Could Upend U.S. Science - AAUP: American Association of University Professors
OMB Proposal Is the Latest Salvo in Trump’s War on Science - AAS: American Astronomical Society
Breakdown of OMB Proposed Rule: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - ACR: American College of Radiology
OMB Releases Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance - ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies
Statement on OMB Proposal for New Criteria and Process for Federal Science Research Grants - ACE: American Council on Education
White House Proposal Signals Major Shift for U.S. Research Enterprise - ACS: American Chemical Society
ACS Statement On Proposed OMB Rule On Federal Financial Assistance - ADA: American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association’s Statement on the OMB’s Financial Assistance Proposed Rule - AIBS: American Institute of Biological Sciences
AIBS Statement on OMB Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance - AIP (American Institute of Physics)
OMB Proposes Broad Restrictions on International Research - AIP: American Institute of Physics
White House Proposes Indirect Changes to Indirect Costs - APS (American Physical Society)
Comment On Office Of Management And Budget Proposed Rule For Federal Financial Assistance - APS: American Physiological Society
American Physiological Society Responds to Proposed Federal Grant Rule Changes - ASA: American Sociological Association
Sociologists Urged to Submit Public Comment on Proposed Changes to Federal Grant Rules - ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
OMB Proposed Rule Could Reshape Federal Research Funding - ASBMB: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Statement on OMB Proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - ASGCT: American Society for Gene + Cell Therapy
Proposed Changes to Federal Grant Rules – Significant Implications for CGT Research - ASH: American Society of Hematology
ASH Statement on NIH Funding in FY 2027 House Appropriations Bill and OMB Proposal - ARL: Association of Research Libraries
ARL on US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Proposed Guidance for Federal Research Grants - ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers
OMB Proposes Major Federal Grantmaking Regulatory Update - ASTC: Association of Science and Technology Centers
OMB Rule Threatens Merit-Based Funding - Authors Alliance
Grant Accounting as Publishing Policy: OMB’s Proposed Rule Changes - COSSA: Consortium of Social Science Associations
White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Federal Grant Rules – Comments Due July 13 - COGR: Council on Governmental Relations
COGR Requests Extension for Comments to OMB on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - COS (Center For Open Science)
- CRA (Computing Research Association)
OMB Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules - EDGI (Environmental Data & Governance Initiative)
Proposed OMB Rule Threatens Public Interest Science – Comment by July 13 - ESA (Ecological Society of America)
Comment on the OMB’s Proposed Federal Grants Rule - GSA (Genetics Society of America)
OMB Proposed Revision to Uniform Guidance - IAGLR (International Association For Great Lakes Research)
- IAGLR’s Statement on OMB Proposed Changes to Federal Financial Assistance Rules
- National Council of Nonprofits
OMB Proposes New Rules to Govern Grantmaking That Could Harm Nonprofits Nationwide - NISO (National Information Standards Organization)
Public Comment Period for the OMB’s New Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance Ends This Month - NPA: National Postdoctoral Association
Take Action on the OMB Proposal Impacting Federal Research - Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
- PHI Statement on OMB’s Proposed Overhaul of Federal Grant Rules
- Research!America
OMB’s Proposed Federal Grant Rule Some Rules Need to Be Broken - SFN: Society for Neuroscience
Send Comments on the OMB Proposed Rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - SPIE
Proposed Federal Grant Rule Raises Alarms For U.S. Research Community - SSP (Society For Scholarly Publishers)
OMB Proposed Rule Town Hall: Summary, Board Outcomes, and Community Resources - SSP: Society for Scholarly Publishing
Protecting Scholarship: Statement on the Proposal Rule Change from the OMB - Standup For Science
Beyond Science How: OMB’s Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance Threatens Essential Services Nationwide ||| PDF Version - STM Association
- Statement on Proposed Revisions to U.S. Federal Funding Regulations Affecting Publication And Dissemination Of Federally Funded Research ||| STM Responds to Proposed Revisions to U.S. Federal Funding Regulations Affecting Publication and Dissemination of Federally Funded Research
- UCS: Union of Concerned Scientists
Trump Administration Proposes Giving Political Appointees Final Say on Research Funding ||| The Trump Administration Has Launched Its Biggest Threat Yet to Scientific Research. We Can Stop Them
OMB-2026-0034 Proposed Uniform Guidance Revisions
Media Coverage, Statements, and Filed Comments — Roundup
Ed. Note: Below find links to media coverage, statements, etc. re: the Office of Management and Budget’s recently published PROPOSED Uniform Guidance Revisions. We will update this roundup on a regular basis and will focus on materials of special interest to libraries, scholarly communications, higher education, and other areas we post about on infoDOCKET.
As the deadline approaches and given the volume of comments filed with many more to come, we will be sharing a small (very small) collection of them below, primarily those filed by organizations. Please visit Regulations.gov to access all comments.
Last Update: July 14, 2025; 11:00am Eastern
- Total Comments Received: 496,769 (via Regulations.gov)
- Number of Comments on Docket: 52,322 (via Regulations.gov)
Selection of Filed Comments
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing, Roundup, Scholarly Communications
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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