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
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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
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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
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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
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Amicus Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Pavia v. NCAA
| 3/28/2025 | ACE, along with six other higher education organizations, submitted this amicus brief in support of the NCAA in a case concerning student-athlete eligibility restrictions. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Athletics
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Type: Amicus Brief
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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
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Issue Brief: Immigration Related Campus Concerns
| 1/16/2025 | This issue brief provides guidance for campus leaders on navigating potential immigration policy changes under the new Trump administration, drawing on lessons from the first Trump term. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Law and Courts
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Type: Issue Brief
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Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court: Cunningham v. Cornell
| 1/3/2025 | Amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court from ACE and 13 other associations in support of Cornell University in a case that deals with the issue of 403(b) retirement plans. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Labor and Employment
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Preparing for a Potentially Tumultuous Fall on Campus: A Conversation with a Former President, General Counsel and Campus Police Chief Who Have Been There Before
| 7/31/2024 | Ahead of a fall term that will wrap around a historical presidential election and the first anniversary of the October 7 massacres in Israel, ACE’s general counsel posed some top-of-mind questions to experts on how higher education can best prepare. |
Topic(s): Campus Issues; Free Speech; Law and Courts
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Type: Issue Brief
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