The Office of the Vice President for Research is monitoring the situation closely and will share updates with campus as the situation develops.

Information about federal agency shutdown contingency plans is available on the White House Office of Management and Budget website.

Updates

09/22/23: Campus update: Potential Federal Government Shutdown 

10/01/23: Congress averted a federal government shutdown with a 45-day stopgap funding bill.

11/14/23: Funding for the federal agencies is set to expire on November 17. Information about the potential impacts of a federal shutdown on the University of Iowa research enterprise is available in this message to campus (distributed 9/22/23). 

11/16/23: Congress passed a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown. Some federal departments will be funded through Jan. 19, while others (including NIH) will be funded through Feb. 2. 

1/17/24: Funding for federal agencies supported by spending bills for Energy and Water, Agriculture, Military Construction - Veterans Affairs, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development will expire on January 19 unless Congress passes a continuing resolution. The OVPR is monitoring the situation closely.

1/19/24: Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to extend government operations until March. The bill sets a new deadline of March 1 for Energy and Water, Agriculture, Military Construction - Veterans Affairs, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and March 8 for the remaining appropriation bills.