NSF MFTRP Annual Certification
You may have received an "NSF – OVERDUE: Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program Annual Certification.” email recently. This email is related to an NSF policy change that requires all PIs and co-PIs named on an NSF award made on or after May 20, 2024, to certify in Research.gov that…
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New program helps faculty and students manage and share research data
Federal sponsors like the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation have long encouraged researchers to manage and share the data from their work with the public and other researchers to support reproducibility and accelerate discoveries. In recent years, such management has…
Penn State rises in NSF Higher Education Research and Development rankings
Penn State has moved up two spots to No. 26 in the 2023 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey, the most recently released rankings. The University also earned top 10 rankings in key research fields, including engineering, mathematics,…
NIH cost recovery update
On Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the world’s leading public funder of biomedical research — announced that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions across the country by limiting the amount of indirect cost recovery for research projects to 15%.…
New website provides updates related to executive action
Penn State recently launched a website to provide our community with information related to executive orders issued beginning in January 2025. The site is a landing page with basic information about what is known at this time, and it will be updated as developments arise. Please note, this is…
Update on Executive Orders signed by President Trump
You are likely aware of the recent developments within the Trump administration and executive orders that may impact our research operations. We have just received an executive order related to sponsored research and are working with PIs to help them achieve compliance. We will provide further…
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Penn State joins national initiative to support public impact research
Seeking to increase the societal impact of university research, Penn State has joined a multi-year collaborative effort led by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to identify and promote new approaches to support faculty and researchers undertaking public impact research.…
President Bendapudi helps lead new higher ed council on public-impact research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts, Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi is leading a new coalition of university leaders from across the nation to envision the future of public-impact research in the United States that serves the greater good. The new Presidents…
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Exercise Research Center in Hershey available for research study use
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Exercise Research Center (ERC), located at the Hershey Center for Applied Research across from the College of Medicine campus, provides 4,500 square feet of dedicated research space for exercise-based study visits to Penn State…
Next steps for implementing the TikTok ban
As many of you may have heard, the US Government issued restrictions on use of TikTok in June 2023. These prohibitions will be implemented at Penn State as a condition of accepting new Federal contracts. Please note that these prohibitions will not affect everyone at Penn State, but they will…
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