<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)"><br>~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers and research administrators in your department who may find it noteworthy ~~</span></i></b></p></blockquote></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></b></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:24.5333px;font-family:Garamond,serif"><font color="#073763">DOE Update: Preliminary Injunction Granted Prohibiting Implementation of 15% IDC Rate Cap</font></span></b></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">Today, the Court granted the plaintiff's motion for a permanent injunction halting the Department of Energy from "implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving any effect to the Rate Cap Policy in any form with respect to IHEs nationwide until a further order is issued by th[e] Court." </font></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:large"><b><font color="#073763">(See attached "Memorandum and Order.")</font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">As you may recall, the Court previously issued a temporary restraining order (TRO).  </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">  </span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">*** <u>UC GUIDANCE</u> ***</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Proposals</span></b></font></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">Please continue to submit new proposals using our federally negotiated IDC rate, but to minimize the chance that DOE will reject the proposal on that basis, include the disclaimer language (see below) in proposal submissions even while the preliminary injunction is in place. The preliminary injunction is only temporary until the full case is heard, and is not guaranteed to remain in place throughout the proposal process; thus, without a disclaimer the project could be denied outright for non-compliance when submitted with the negotiated rate if the preliminary injunction is no longer in effect.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><u style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">Language to include in proposal submissions:</font></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">“We are aware of the April 11, 2025, <i>Department of Energy Policy Flash: Adjusting Department of Energy Grant Policy for Institutions of Higher Education (IHE),</i> regarding indirect cost rates.  We will honor the rate identified in this guidance if imposed, but we reserve the right to re-implement the negotiated rate in the event that this guidance is rescinded, modified, or otherwise not applicable to this grant application.” </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><font size="4">Conditional Terminations</font></span></b></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-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