2 days ago · The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama’s largest public employer, with over 28,000 employees, has received more than a billion dollars in NIH funding in recent years and relied heavily ...

1 day ago · In 2023 NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs for an economic impact of $909 million,” according to United for Health. They impact almost 13,000 jobs at more than 1,200 businesses, it was ...

WASHINGTON – Alabama receives millions in National Institutes of Health awards and planned funding cuts from the Trump Administration to overhead costs for grants could be a blow to the state’s universities and research institutions. Alabama received $386 million in NIH awards that supported more than 4,700 jobs in the state in 2023.

9 hours ago · “Drastically lowering NIH indirect cost recovery jeopardizes life-saving research, and it would also result in job and economic loss in Birmingham and Alabama. If the reduction remains in place, advancements in virtually all areas of research would slow, including those addressing the leading causes of death in the United States, from cancer ...

1 day ago · The NIH's new 15 percent limit on indirect funding could cost states billions of dollars in medical research funding. ... Alabama, home to recipients such as the University of Alabama, received ...

3 days ago · According to United for Health, NIH grants in Alabama in 2023 alone supported 4,769 jobs for an economic impact of $909 million and went to institutions from Mobile to Huntsville and in between ...

2 days ago · The White House crackdown on grant money from the National Institutes of Health has universities concerned, reportedly including UAB. Donald Trump’s move against diversity programs could change how research schools spend federal dollars. The current policy allows half of NIH grants to be used for staff or other costs. The White House wants that trimmed to fifteen percent. UAB received three ...

3 days ago · In the agency’s announcement, the NIH’s Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, or OPERA, wrote that $9 billion of the $35 billion total spent on research grants in fiscal ...

2 days ago · Coverage of the NIH cuts and their impact on Alabama: 'Fear and Intimidation': Alabama research institutions quiet as Trump freezes NIH grants. ... “NIH’s extraordinary attempt to disrupt all existing and future grants not only poses an immediate threat to the nation’s research infrastructure, but will also have a long-lasting impact on ...

According to United for Health, NIH grants in Alabama in 2023 alone supported 4,769 jobs for an economic impact of $909 million and went to institutions from Mobile to Huntsville and in between ...