Almost immediately upon taking office, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that signaled a seismic shift in federal policy on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and/or Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA).

On February 7, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will eliminate negotiated indirect cost rates for federal grants to organizations for research purposes. According to the Supplemental Guidance NOT-OD-25-068 (the Guidance), the NIH will, instead, set a “standard indirect rate” of 15% for all NIH grant awards for indirect costs “in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant.” 

Jamieson Greer is the nominee for U.S. Trade Representative. He is an Air Force veteran who studied international relations at Brigham Young University and earned his law degree at the University of Virginia. In the previous Trump administration, Greer served as chief of staff to then-U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.