February 11th, 2025
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts issued a temporary restraining order on Monday in response to a lawsuit filed by 22 state Attorney Generals (including NYS) seeking to halt the NIH implementation of the F&A rate change as part of NIH Guidance NOT-OD-25-068 announced on Friday, February 7, 2025. The court order bars NIH from “taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate Change Notice (NOT-OD-25-068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this Court.” The Court order is available here.
RIT continues to monitor this legal challenge and its applicability to RIT, as well as any additional guidance from NIH.