Facing NIH indirect cost cuts, universities float new funding models for research overhead, seeking policy fixes to protect labs, federal grants.

Now, the NIH will limit the funding of indirect costs to 15%. Indirect costs refer to a large category of operating costs that cover anything from maintenance to personnel wages for support staff.

After years of conversations surrounding indirect research costs, academic groups are now under the gun to quickly come up with an alternative to the NIH’s proposed 15% across-the-board cap on ...

A federal judge on June 20 rejected the National Science Foundation’s move to cap indirect costs related to its research grants at 15%, following similar decisions by other courts. Most universities ...

Shifts in U.S. federal science funding—driven by the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—are causing delays, uncertainty, and program changes across academic and regulatory ...

UW-Madison has 198 active Defense awards totaling $221.3 million, but the Trump administration is trying to limit how much can be spent on indirect costs.

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Federal rulings pausing NIH grant cuts highlight an unprecedented, adversarial shift in U.S. research funding, leaving academic medicine institutions wary of deeper rifts. In June, federal judges ...

The 15 percent cap on indirect costs is “arbitrary” and hinders research, according to NIH staffers. They urged Bhattacharya to continue indirect costs rates that reflect “research costs ...

Capping indirect costs will make it impossible for universities to pay essential staff needed for cutting-edge research. NIH has funded tremendous innovations in health over the last 70 years.