Roundup: Federal Research Funding Proposed Rule: Media Coverage, Statements, and Submissions

Ed. Note: Below find with 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.  We will so share a selection of submissions as they become available in the coming weeks.

Last Updated: June 15, 2026; 1:15am

Forbes
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry

LSE Impact
New Rules For Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

SPIE
Proposed Federal Grant Rule Raises Alarms For U.S. Research Community

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
• Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
  OMB Proposes Changes to Federal Grant Administration How Will They Impact Federal Broadband Funding?
• Elizabeth Ginexi, Former NIH Program Official
  Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
• NACUBO
  OMB Proposes Major Changes to Federal Grant Rules
• NAICU
  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
• 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
  Trump’s Ban On Paying Open Access Fees ‘Won’t Cut Costs’

Proposed Rules

• Federal Register: Office and Management and Budget: Proposed Rules
   Vol. 91, No. 103, May 29, 2026
  108 pages; PDF.

Statements/Comments

• AA: Afterschool Alliance
  Proposed OMB Changes to Federal Grant Rule Could Impact Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs
• AAS: American Astronomical Society
  Breakdown of OMB Proposed Rule: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
• 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
• AH: AcademyHealth
  The Federal Rule That Would Dismantle America’s Research Infrastructure
• AAU: American Association of Universities
  OMB Proposes Major Changes to How the Federal Government Funds Scientific Research
• AAUP: American Association of University Professors
  OMB Proposal Is the Latest Salvo in Trump’s War on Science
• AAM: American Alliance of Museums
  A Foresight Take on Proposed Government Funding Regulations
• AAAS
  Statement on OMB Rule Politicizing Federal Grantmaking
• ACE: American Council on Education
  White House Proposal Signals Major Shift for U.S. Research Enterprise
• ACR: American College of Radiology
  OMB Releases Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance
• ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies
  Statement on OMB Proposal for

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