NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan published a on April 18, announcing that "[r]esearch projects with more narrow impact limited
to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate
NSF priorities." Following this announcement, the NSF froze new NSF awards and started
to terminate existing awards, as reported in a.
(Science: April 8, 2025)
March 2025
(March 11, 2025)
February 2025
(Science, February 27, 2025)
(Science, February 7, 2025)
(Science, February 4, 2025)
Access to the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) has been restored, and the system
is available to accept payment requests as of 12:00 PM ET on February 2, 2025. See
the below for more information. Fellows (GRFP, ...) must log into ACM$ and verify their
payment request has been accepted. Most Fellows will have to resubmit a request.