The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday made a significant reduction in grants reserved for research institutions, a decision that may significantly impact American higher education.

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 ...

In an announcement issued by the NIH Office of the Director, the agency noted that it has historically supported indirect costs — administrative, facility, and other expenses not directly linked ...

The move, announced Friday night by the National Institutes of Health, drastically cuts NIH’s funding for “indirect” costs related to research. These are the administrative requirements ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will resume important meetings and travel associated with the critical grant-review process amid an agency-wide communications freeze at the Department of ...

“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 ...

Find out how it could impact their institutions and biomedical research nationwide. STORY HIGHLIGHTS: NIH cuts indirect costs to 15%, impacting Pitt and CMU. Universities warn of dire consequences ...

The National Institutes of Health has jolted the academic research community with its Friday announcement that it would cap reimbursement for “indirect costs” on the grants it awards to ...

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.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 21 counterparts across the country sued the National Institutes of Health on Monday after the NIH said it would stop funding indirect costs for research.

The term refers to money NIH gives institutions where NIH-funded research is taking place to support overhead expenses such as electricity, maintenance staff, or lab space rent — costs that ...