Information for the Research Community

Dear Colleagues:

You have likely read Interim President Armstrong’s message to our community regarding federal actions to cancel a selection of grants and contracts awarded to Columbia University. Please know that we are taking this action and its impacts on our community very seriously and will be in regular communication as the situation evolves.

For now, unless you received a stop-work order or termination notice, researchers should continue to perform work on awarded federal projects. In case you receive any kind of such communication, or any questionnaire, request for information, or survey directly from a federal funding agency, please immediately forward it and contact your SPA project officer. Please also monitor our Federal Research Updates 2025 webpage, which we update frequently. 

Thank you for your colleagueship as we navigate this moment and for your enduring commitment to our shared Columbia mission.

Sincerely, 

Angela V. Olinto
Provost
Professor of Astronomy and of Physics

Jeannette M. Wing
Executive Vice President for Research
Professor of Computer Science