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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to DOD Research Funding
| 6/16/2025 | This complaint, filed by ACE, AAU, APLU, and 12 institutions in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, seeks to halt the Department of Defense’s proposed cap on indirect cost reimbursements for research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Research; Executive Branch
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Comments to the Department of Energy on Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Regulations
| 6/16/2025 | ACE urged the secretary of energy to withdraw proposed changes to five rules that would amend civil rights protections and to follow a standard rulemaking process when considering these changes. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Gender Equity; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Amicus Brief: In Support of Harvard in Harvard College v. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
| 6/9/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations are supporting Harvard’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, challenging the Trump administration’s freeze on billions in federal research funding. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Executive Branch
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Complaint Filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts Over NSF Research Funding Cuts
| 5/5/2025 | This complaint, filed by ACE, AAU, APLU, and 13 research universities in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, challenges the National Science Foundation’s cap on indirect cost reimbursements as unlawful and harmful to federally funded research. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; Research Funding; Law and Courts; Executive Branch
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Amicus Brief: In Support of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Massachusetts v. Kennedy
| 4/17/2025 | ACE and seven other higher education associations filed an amicus brief in support of the AAMC, urging the court to block NIH’s abrupt termination of research grants that threatens the stability of the biomedical research system and violates federal law. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to DOE Research Funding
| 4/14/2025 | Complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts by ACE, the Association of American Universities, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities seeking to halt the Trump administration's proposed cut to the indirect costs rate for DOE research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Innovation; Science and Technology; Executive Branch
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Letter to the House Opposing the DETERRENT Act
| 3/25/2025 | On behalf of five other higher ed organizations, ACE wrote to leaders of the House of Representatives urging them to remove sections from the DETERRENT Act that would harm higher education institutions. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Research; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Artificial Intelligence Action Plan
| 3/14/2025 | Comments to the National Coordination Office in response to the Request for Information on the federal Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, submitted by ACE and 27 other higher education associations. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the House on the DETERRENT Act
| 2/11/2025 | On behalf of five other higher ed associations, ACE urged the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to remove some sections from the DETERRENT Act that would create undue burdens for institutions. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Research; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to NIH Research Funding
| 2/10/2025 | Complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts by ACE, the Association of American Universities, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities seeking to halt the Trump administration's proposed cut to the indirect costs rate for NIH research grants. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Executive Branch
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