Learning Lab Resources
The Pitt Research Concierge Program is pleased to announce the launch of Learning Lab Resources, a new search tool designed to assist faculty and research staff throughout the sponsored projects lifecycle. To support your research efforts, this comprehensive search platform streamlines the process of locating essential information about university resources, from initial project planning to post-award management.
FEDERAL AGENCY ROUNDUP
Updates from federal agencies for the week of 02/24/2025
- A federal judge ordered an extension on the nationwide temporary pause on the NIH’s Supplemental Guidance (NOT-OD-25-068), which imposed a standard indirect cost rate on all grants of 15%. Accordingly, until further notice, grant budgets submitted to the NIH should continue to include the University’s published negotiated indirect cost rate.
- The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a Preliminary Injunction halting agencies from:
- Pausing, freezing, impeding, blocking, canceling, or terminating any awards, contracts or obligations or changing the terms of any obligation, on the basis of the provision purporting to empower them to terminate “equity-related” grants;
- Requiring any grantee or contractor to make any ‘certification’ that the program does not promote DEI;
- Bringing many False Claims Act enforcement action . . . premised on any certification made pursuant to the Certification Provision
If you receive any such requests, please contact OSP (osp@pitt.edu) immediately and they will advise on any required next steps.
Stay up-to-date and informed by visiting the Pitt Research Executive Orders and Federal Funding website.