Which blocked Project 2025 ideas returned in new forms, and what did they say?
Research question: Which Project 2025 items that courts have blocked have since been reissued in a different form, and what did the new versions say?
The records show that the administration's move to reduce indirect cost rates for university research grants, which Project 2025 recommended, was swiftly blocked in court 1. After Congress effectively rejected the indirect cost changes, DOE said it would withdraw its own indirect cost caps, and the document does not describe any reissued version of those caps 2. The provided facts do not identify any other blocked Project 2025 item that was later reissued, so the question is only partly answered 12. The newest fact is dated February 5, 2026, roughly eight months before today's date of October 2026 12.
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"The administration’s caps were swiftly blocked in court, and congressional appropriators have since rejected the proposed budget cuts and changes to the current indirect cost rate system."A Look Back at Project 2025’s Plans for Science - AIP.ORG
"In reaction to those provisions becoming law, DOE announced that it would withdraw its caps."A Look Back at Project 2025’s Plans for Science - AIP.ORG