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Dear Colleagues, In light of deep uncertainty surrounding the federal research funding landscape, we are taking proactive steps to safeguard our research enterprise. As part of this effort, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research will pause our internal grant programs for the 2025–26 academic year. This difficult decision allows us to hold our limited institutional resources in reserve so that we can support investigators—working in partnership with departments and colleges—to maintain research continuity...

Dear faculty colleagues, We are writing to share new training requirements from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE). The CHIPS and Science Act requires all federal agencies to adopt requirements for financial assistance recipients to complete research security training. DOE Requirement Beginning on May 1, 2025, all DOE *Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) will include a requirement for all covered individuals to complete research security training in the 12 months...

Dear Colleagues, We want to bring to your attention an important matter regarding a Foreign Assistance Review – Organizational Assessment survey. Federal agencies, including USAID, CDC, and OMB, have been contacting a variety of people at universities to complete this survey. If anyone at Lehigh receives such a request, the University—not individual researchers or departments—must complete the assessment. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the General Counsel will handle...