The Washington Post4d
Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to slash NIH funding
The NIH’s move, announced Friday ... which have long been controlled by a small group of nonpartisan career civil servants. In a guest essay in the New York Times, the five secretaries ...
The New Republic on MSN4dOpinion
Did Elon Musk’s Lame Tweet Just Cost Him in Key DOGE Lawsuit?
Elon Musk’s cringey tweet was cited in a federal court Monday, during a case trying to curb the Department of Government ...
Judge Blocks Proposed NIH Funding Cap After 22 States File Lawsuit
Ruling on a lawsuit filed by 22 states, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health plan to cap ...
STAT4d
Here’s how big a hit some universities may take if NIH slashes support for indirect research costs
Documents analyzed by STAT show that big losers under the NIH's cuts to biomedical research include Stanford, Vanderbilt, ...
STAT5d
The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as ...
The Washington Post4d
Trump’s NIH challenges the model that underlies U.S. scientific dominance
Research leaders contend that the NIH decision will damage America’s ability to compete with China and other nations on the frontier of biomedicine. Although it is framed as a simple cost ...
The Hill6d
NIH cuts overhead funding for research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday made a significant reduction in grants reserved for research institutions, a decision that may significantly impact American higher education.
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new NIH funding policy
Attorneys general from 22 states had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the policy that would dramatically change NIH's grant-making by limiting how much it will disburse for overhead costs.
The Hill3d
Federal judge pauses NIH research cuts nationwide
A federal judge in Boston has ordered a temporary pause nationwide on plans by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to substantially reduce “indirect” research payments to universities ...
CNN6d
Researchers decry ‘disastrously bad idea’ as NIH slashes payments for research infrastructure
The average NIH grant to an institution has typically had about 30% earmarked for infrastructure costs such as facilities, maintenance and security; some institutions charged up to 60% or more.
Roll Call4d
Judge temporarily blocks NIH research cuts after 22 states sue
“Without relief from NIH’s action, these institutions’ cutting-edge work to cure and treat human disease will grind to a halt.” The NIH is the primary source of federal funding for medical ...
Fox News3d
Scientists expect major 'medical breakthroughs' despite Trump's cap on NIH research funding
When a grant is awarded to a scientist by the NIH, an additional percentage, on top of the allocated research funding, goes to the facility housing their work to cover these "indirect costs." ...