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Government Resumes Operations: Agencies Issue Guidance
Federal agencies are beginning to issue guidance on their operations following the government shutdown that ended last week. See information below.
Federal agencies are beginning to issue guidance on their operations following the government shutdown that ended last week. See information below. Additional notices are expected to be issued, so check funding agency information frequently, or contact your grants officer.
NIH
In a nutshell, grant application deadlines, processing, reviews, peer review meetings, payments, reporting and other aspects of NIH extramural research operations have been affected, including delays or rescheduling. Federal Notices explaining specific changes have been issued.
See Federal Notices of October 17 and October 18. You can also read their interpretation in NIH’s “Rock Talk,” from Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director of Extramural Research.
Oct. 22 Update: See the latest notice on rescheduled deadlines, meetings, etc. See Sally Rockey’s interpretation.
NSF
NSF also is recovering from the funding lapse. See a webpage with all notices about funding actions.