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 National Institutes of Health’s Office of the Director issued a policy change notice Feb. 7, announcing that the standard rate of indirect costs would be 15% for all current and future grants. The ...

On February 7, the NIH announced that it would begin capping indirect cost payments for new and existing research grants at 15%.

Until you’re wheeled into an ER, relying on a medical system built by decades of taxpayer-funded research. What happens next — the drugs you’re given, the treatments available, the standards of care ...

"Without careful consideration of the impact of these changes, we risk long-term damage" to medical research, writes Dr. George Weiner.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) published guidance late on Feb. 7, 2025, setting the indirect cost rate for NIH grants at 15 ...

Now is the time to defend the research partnership that has done so much for our nation and the world, and that can do even ...