OMB’s proposed grant overhaul

21:24Um so I'm going to kind of read through a couple of the details here which are a little bit in the weeds. So on May 29th, OM or can only decide the rules, right? OM released this 412 page proposal to sort of revamp their role in distributing and managing grants and awards. >> And this is the White House effectively. >> This is the White House. And so this is a very that's a very important note. It's not some it's literally the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Um granted they have a role in this process because they are the ones who initially derive and drive the national priorities when the budget process

22:05starts in January and February of every year. Um so this new proposal had until July 13th to provide comments >> and OM said that it wanted to sort of finalize these new rules by October 1st. The proposal applies to all federal grants, not just specifically science, but several of the provisions are kind of important. So, we're going to kind of just briefly walk through a few of these. So, first, senior political appointees could independently review discretionary grant decisions before awards were issued, right? Even before they were actually issued to people.

22:45Number one. Number two, peer review would quote remain a part of the process, but the proposal makes clear that scientific reviewers