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May 4, 2026
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- Golden Dome budget draws scrutiny
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FYI Deep Dive: Research Security

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A Look Back at Project 2025’s Plans for Science
February 05, 2026 12:30 PM
Rebecca Keiser and Daniel Evans testify before the House Science Committee
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Agencies Report on Research Security Progress
December 19, 2025 05:12 PM
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What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science
Provisions on research security, grant policies, indirect cost rates, and more are packed into the latest version of the NDAA.
December 10, 2025 01:12 PM
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House Proposes Banning Federal Funds for Researchers with ‘Hostile’ Foreign Ties
Higher ed associations are protesting the policy’s “enormously broad definitions” and disclosure requirements.
October 24, 2025 03:48 PM
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Union Lawsuit Challenges NASA National Security Rebrand
The lawsuit is driven by Trump’s effort to bar unions at NASA on the grounds that they hinder the agency’s “national security mission.”
October 23, 2025 03:37 PM
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‘Nearly Unmanageable’ Research Regulations Tackled by New Academies Report
An increasingly complex regulatory environment for federally funded research needs centralized oversight, a National Academies committee argues.
September 12, 2025 04:33 PM

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H.R. 8462
National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
APR 29, 2026 – Advanced by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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S. 4439
A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent, Federal set of best available forward-looking meteorological information and to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to make such set available, with advice and technical assistance, to standards-developing organizations, and for other purposes.
APR 29, 2026 – Introduced in Senate
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S. 4441
Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence (CREATE AI) Act of 2026
APR 29, 2026 – Introduced in Senate
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H.R. 8558
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.
APR 28, 2026 – Introduced in House
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S. 4424
A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.
APR 28, 2026 – Introduced in Senate
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S. 4423
A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.
APR 28, 2026 – Introduced in Senate

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Agency Highlights: Department of Energy

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DOE Proposes Boosts for Supercomputers, Cuts to Research
April 22, 2026 01:27 PM
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Congress Passes Small Business Research Reauthorization
March 24, 2026 01:55 PM
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DOE Reorganizes Office of Science
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is being ‘realigned’ following a broader restructuring of the agency.
March 20, 2026 11:55 AM
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NRC Mulls Changes to Radiation Safety Requirements
The Department of Energy has already cut mentions of the ALARA principle amid a larger push by the White House to change radiation regulations.
March 17, 2026 03:54 PM
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DOE Prepares Scientific Challenges for Genesis Mission
The head of the initiative emphasized the importance of data scaling and adding computational power in remarks at Brookhaven National Lab.
February 12, 2026 10:52 AM
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A Look Back at Project 2025’s Plans for Science
Where the Trump administration has and has not stuck to the conservative policy blueprint.
February 05, 2026 12:30 PM

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Agency Funding Updates

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FY2027 DOE Office of Science
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FY2027 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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FY2027 National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Science Agencies Squeezed Under Budget Caps for FY24 and FY25
April 03, 2024 02:03 PM
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Congress Pushes Back on Trump Indirect Cost Caps
January 22, 2026 11:57 AM
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Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts
January 09, 2026 02:47 PM
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Genesis Mission Starting to Take Shape
December 12, 2025 09:42 AM
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Latest Leadership Updates

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Hal Finkel
Associate Director of Science for Advanced Scientific Computing Research
DOE Office of Science
APR 23, 2026 – Appointed associate director
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Gina Rameika
Associate Director of Science for Nuclear Physics
DOE Office of Science
MAR 17, 2026 – Appointed acting associate director
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Jim O'Neill
Director
National Science Foundation
MAR 03, 2026 – Nomination announced
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Kaveh Farzad
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
Department of Energy
MAR 03, 2026 – Nomination announced
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Kyle Haustveit
Under Secretary of Energy
Department of Energy
FEB 25, 2026 – Nomination hearing
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Sean Plasynski
Director, National Energy Technology Lab
DOE National Laboratories
FEB 13, 2026 – Appointed acting director
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Wesley Brooks
Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
State Department
FEB 12, 2026 – Nomination hearing
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Gregory Beard
Director, Office of Energy Dominance Financing
DOE Applied Energy Offices
JAN 29, 2026 – Appointed
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Greg Stover
Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
JAN 12, 2026 – Appointed acting associate administrator
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Irene Parker
Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
JAN 05, 2026 – Appointed acting assistant administrator
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Anne Marie Petrock
Director, Army Research Office
U.S. Army
JAN 01, 2026 – Appointed acting director
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Timothy Petty
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEC 18, 2025 – Confirmed by 53-43 vote