By Melissa Ritti ( July 17, 2026, 20:17 GMT | Comment) -- Universities, trade groups, legal experts and technology transfer organizations say a planned rewrite of federal grant rules injects unprecedented uncertainty into the process through which government-funded research becomes patents, startups and license agreements. While the proposal would leave the Bayh-Dole Act untouched, it could weaken the research pipeline on which commercialization relies.An overhaul of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards — the regulations governing federal grant management in the US — has generated lopsided, and seemingly organic, opposition....
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