The proposed cuts would “erode our nation’s enviable status as a global leader in scientific research and innovation,” the plaintiffs said.

In February, MIT joined Brandeis University and Tufts University, among over a dozen institutions suing the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services after the agency’s efforts to slash indirect costs at grant-receiving institutions.

A coalition of universities and corresponding organizations sued the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Monday over slated funding cuts to schools.  The federal agency said Friday it would no