NIH Implements Immediate $4 Billion Cut to Indirect Research Funding
- The Trump administration has implemented a $4 billion cut to indirect research funding, alarming academic leaders about its impact on research efforts at universities and medical centers.
- NIH announced that the cuts will save the government more than $4 billion annually, effective immediately.
- Ted Mitchell, President of the American Council on Education, stated that some labs are shutting down this weekend due to the cuts.
- Matt Owens, President of the Council on Government Relations, expressed that this is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation.
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Research universities reel from ‘catastrophic’ Trump administration cut to NIH funding
WASHINGTON — Research universities and medical schools are grappling with how to implement a major change in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health that they warn could curtail breakthroughs or halt projects altogether, and that a senior Democrat in Congress called “nothing short of catastrophic.” The NIH announced Friday that it would cap “Facilities and Administrative” costs at 15%, a significant reduction for many institutions …
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