During a government shutdown, agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) generally pause new grant awards, proposal reviews, and program launches. Institutions with existing federal research awards may still be able to draw down previously obligated funds, but technical assistance, progress reviews, and application processing are typically suspended.

According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), most federal research staff and grant managers are classified as nonessential and furloughed, resulting in delays that can extend well beyond the shutdown itself. Past shutdowns have led to cancellations of reserved time on national lab instruments, closures of field research sites on federal lands, etc.

The impact on undergraduate research is not yet clear, but students applying for NSF, NIH or other federally supported programs might experience delays in response times to email and program timelines might change. UROP advises students involved in projects to stay in communication with project mentors and be attentive to program websites for updates.

CU Boulder’s administration is working to minimize disruptions to research and other grant-supported activities. In the unlikely event that students with UROP funding experience changes in their ability to accomplish project goals, such as the availability of mentors and/or resources, UROP will not withdraw previously awarded funding.

You

All aspects of your identity and approach to processing your experience, or “ways of knowing,” gives you valuable insight and enables your curiosity. Your particular, lived experience provides a wealth of knowledge and perspective that forms the foundation of your understanding and can take many forms. Your identity gives you a lens on your context that can reveal new ways of seeing old ideas and new possibilities.

Areas of Knowledge

  • History
  • Natural Science
  • Religion
  • Mathematics
  • Ethics
  • Human Science
  • The Arts
  • Indigenous Knowledge

YOU

  • Language
  • Gender Identity
  • Physical Abilities
  • Economic Status
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Ethnicity
  • Nationality

Ways of Knowing

  • Emotion
  • Memory
  • Intuition
  • Sense Perception
  • Imagination
  • Faith
  • Language

Your Intersectional Lens

How might components of your identity work with your ways of knowing to provide a new perspective on an established idea or point to an unexplored idea?

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