2026 NCURA Region I Spring Meeting

Hear from Attain Partners during the 2026 NCURA Region I Spring Meeting, taking place May 3 – 6 in Westbrook, Connecticut.

Hot Issues in Grants, Including the Uniform Guidance Revisions
Monday, May 4 | 1:15p – 2:15p | Westbrook C

2025 has been a wild ride year for research! Starting in February 2025, led by the National Institute of Health, several other agencies (i.e., Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and Department of Defense) proposed to cap the indirect cost rate at 15%, which would result in a severe loss of reimbursement to research institutes and cripple US research endeavors. Lawsuits have resulted in temporary pauses for their implementation. In the meantime, the Joint Associations Group (JAG) has worked with the grant community to propose a brand-new model for charging research costs – the FAIR model (Financial Accountability in Research). Congress has expressed its support for the FAIR model in several of the 2026 Appropriation bills. However, a clear outcome is still pending on Congressional and OMB final actions.

Speaker

• Gil Tran, CPA, Senior Specialist Leader, Attain Partners