lolgaxe wrote:
I'm hoping it's the guy from Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Maybe we can get him to volunteer, everything should be run through charity anyway.
Also, science continues to plug and chug along as normal, as the money the government already gave people here is protected or something. Heaven help you if something changes or what not, but we can ride out several months of disruption without too much trouble. I'm lucky enough to be funded entirely by the Hospital (private non-profit), so am not directly affected.
an e-mail wrote:
Historical precedent has led us to believe that most research activities will be classified as "essential†and will be sustained, but this situation is fluid and the impacts are difficult to predict with certainty. NIH has provided some guidance:
• PIs can continue spending on grants as awarded during the FY 2013 grant year budget.
• In the past, clinical trials have been considered 'essential,' as has student financial aid, VA operations, Medicare, and Medicaid, so while some administrative disruptions are possible in these categories, we believe that spending should not be affected.
• PIs should not make any spending changes that would require NIH approval, since agency staff will not be available to approve changes or otherwise provide administrative support. If you change your budget without approval, there is no guarantee that such expenditures will be reimbursed.
• Federal contracts may be disrupted, and while grant budgets are somewhat protected, contract budgets are more vulnerable: if you receive a stop work order, you should follow it, because you may not be reimbursed for any work carried out during a shutdown. If you receive such an order, please notify your partners in SPA, and they will help you execute the order.
• Subcontracts for FY2013 should not be affected.
• For all FY2014 projects, we await guidance from the federal government—as well as a continuing resolution or a fully approved budget—and we will let you know as soon as we can any implications of a shutdown on these funds.
• We understand that grants.gov itself will continue to operate under a government shutdown, but no applications will be processed.
We will keep you apprised of new developments as they unfold.
