For fiscal year 2023, NIH spent more than $35 billion in about 50,000 grants to more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 medical schools, universities and other research institutions, the agency said, with about $9 billion of that going to indirect costs..

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to slash funding for National Institutes of Health research programs at universities and medical systems that threatened a key source of funding and jobs in Georgia for critical research on health discoveries such as cancer and basic science.

A federal district judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday, blocking the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to biomedical research funding in 22 states that banded together to sue.

Trump administration directive that sought to reduce overhead costs associated with federally funded research blocked by U.S. District Court judge after 22 state attorneys general sued.

A judge halted NIH funding cuts that California and Democratic-run states say could harm life-saving medical research work at UC, Cal State and other universities. The suit said the cuts violated federal law.