U.S. judge blocks NIH’s plan to slash overhead cost payments
Sunday, March 9, 2025 - 16:54
in Mathematics & Economics
A federal judge in Massachusetts today blocked an attempt by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cut some $4 billion annually that goes to universities to cover the cost of supporting research on their campuses. The preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued 3 days after NIH announced on 7 February it was reducing the “indirect cost rate” paid on an NIH grant to a flat 15%, down from 50% or higher at many institutions. NIH likely violated federal law in abruptly withdrawing the funding, U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley wrote in granting the injunction, and failed “to contemplate the risk to...