NIH's abrupt policy change caps indirect research costs at 15%, sparking debate over its impact on scientific progress and ...

“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 ...

Applications for a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant program that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are abruptly being pulled from consideration during grant ...

“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 ...

There already are reports detailing how deep cuts at the NIH could curtail research into infectious diseases — a particularly disturbing development as bird flu spreads throughout the U.S. And ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Boston has ordered a temporary pause nationwide on plans by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to substantially reduce “indirect” research payments to universities ...

When a grant is awarded to a scientist by the NIH, an additional percentage, on top of the allocated research funding, goes to the facility housing their work to cover these "indirect costs." ...

The money supports “the research infrastructure,” said Iwashyna, who relies on NIH funding for research on chronic illnesses, including pneumonia, among the leading causes of hospitalizations ...

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.

On Friday, February 7, 2025, the NIH issued Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 Grants Policy Statement indicating that effective immediately all current and future awards would have a standard ...

A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing an experimental treatment designed to help people suffering the effects of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease.