From: NSF eBusiness Outreach <EBUSINESS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV> on behalf of NSF Business Applications <NSF_Business_Applications@NSF.GOV>
Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 11:33 AM
To: Office of Grants, Contracts, and Industrial Agreements (Formally OSP) <ogcia@utsa.edu>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Lapse in Appropriations – Information for NSF Community

Dear Managing Organization Cognizant Points of Contact and Colleagues,

 

This email provides notification that the appropriations under which the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has been operating expired on September 30, 2025. Consequently, NSF will shut down its operations with limited exemptions for specifically excepted activities.

 

Please review the Assistance and Contract-Related Policy and Systems Issues During a Lapse in Appropriations page at https://www.nsf.gov/shutdown/recipients for more information.