We’re talking about massive layoffs across the Triangle if this (rule) holds,” former UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp said.

Twenty-two states sued the National Institutes of Health over its new overhead-funding cap and requested a federal judge issue an injunction against the new policy, saying that “work to cure and treat human disease will grind to a halt” because of the move, which was set to take effect on Monday. A judge Monday night temporarily

There are ways to save the American people money without endangering world-class lifesaving research and the credibility of the world’s leading institution in biomedicine. But that won’t happen when we cut costs by cutting corners.

"NIH-funded scientists are perennially expected to do more with less," writes one stakeholder. Another observer writes, "The current research funding system is due for reform, albeit in a more thoughtful manner.