Published • loading... • Updated
'Disastrously bad idea’; NIH slashes payments for scientific research
- The U.S. National Institutes of Health is reducing the maximum indirect cost rate for research institutions to 15%, effective immediately, which scientists warn could harm the nation's research leadership.
- NIH spent over $35 billion in Fiscal Year 2023 on grants, with $9 billion allocated to indirect costs, now capped significantly lower.
- Dr. Theodore Iwashyna called the new policy 'a disastrously bad idea,' predicting it will devastate research funding and infrastructure.
- Senator Patty Murray stated that the lowered indirect cost rate is illegal and warned it will hinder breakthroughs in biomedical research.
Insights by Ground AI
29 Articles
29 Articles
BLK ALERTS - NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers
The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration. (Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Coverage Details
Total News Sources29
Leaning Left0Leaning Right0Center28Last UpdatedBias Distribution100% Center
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
100% Center
C 100%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
