http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/new-white-house-rules-restrict-use-grant-funding-deal-covid-19-impacts

Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.

New rules on how U.S. universities manage federal research grants leave them with less flexibility to cope with the pandemic. The changes, which rescind many temporary measures adopted this spring as COVID-19 shuttered campuses and froze the economy, come despite continued uncertainty over the fall semester and the status of research on U.S. campuses.