Last Update: May 12, 2025
This page will be updated as new information is made available.
Executive Action Types
- An Executive Order (EO) directs government operations and has the force of law.
- A Proclamation is a formal statement often ceremonial or symbolic.
- A Memorandum provides policy guidance or instructions, typically less formal than an EO.
Overview of All Executive Actions
- Presidential Actions – The White House
- COGR’s Summary of Executive Orders – Includes details about EOs that impact research and/or grants and contracts.
- APLU Overview of President Trump’s Executive Orders – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities – 1/23/2025
Executive Directives Most Impacting Research
- Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations – 5/9/2025
- Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register – 5/9/2025
- Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research – 5/5/2025
- Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education – 4/23/2025
- Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy – 4/23/2025
- Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts – 4/16/2025
- Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – 4/15/2025
- A Letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy – 3/26/2025
- Protecting America’s Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse – 3/25/2025
- Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities – 3/20/2025
- Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement – 3/20/2025
- Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness – 3/7/2025
- Memorandum Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures the Enforcement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) – 3/6/2025
- Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative – 2/26/2025
- Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies – 2/18/2025
- Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending – 2/18/2025
- Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools – 2/15/2025
- Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission – 2/13/2025
- Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-based Opportunity – 1/21/2025
- Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – 1/20/2025
- Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid – 1/20/2025