The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.

The NIH projected the cut will save it $4 billion during the current federal fiscal year, which ends September 30. That’s nearly half of the $9 billion that the NIH said it set aside for overhead ...

The NIH said capping indirect cost payments will save billions of dollars. Universities said it will disrupt vital, life-saving research.

Note: This post was updated with new information on February 13, 2025. On February 7, the National Institutes of Health ...