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.

“The United States should have the best medical research in the world,” NIH said in its announcement. “It is accordingly vital to ensure that as many funds as possible go towards direct ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The big losers would include prestigious institutions in conservative states. The NIH, the nation’s top funder of biomedical research, announced on Friday that it would substantially limit ...

Among them is Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who chairs the committee that oversees the NIH. He said universities with “deep deep endowments” can afford the overhead costs, but others cannot ...

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.

IT COMES IN RESPONSE TO THE NIH ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS GET FROM MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC GRANTS. CAMPBELL SAYS THE NIH ...

Organizations in the Seattle area alone received $1.13 billion in NIH funding during the fiscal year ending in the third quarter of 2024, according to CBRE Research. On Monday, grant recipients ...

The shift would free more than $4 billion to pay for science, Nixon said, adding that last year about a quarter of the more than $35 billion awarded in NIH research grants went to indirect costs.

Last week, NIH announced that the funding it provides to grantees for “indirect costs,” like lab, utility and administrative personnel costs, would be limited to 15% of the grant award.

In a statement on Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said it would cut grants for "indirect costs" related to research - such as buildings, utilities and equipment. "The United States ...