1 day ago · The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama’s largest public employer, with over 28,000 employees, has received more than a billion dollars in NIH funding in recent years and relied heavily ...

19 hours ago · According to United for Health, NIH grants in Alabama in 2023 alone supported 4,769 jobs for an economic impact of $909 million and went to institutions from Mobile to Huntsville and in between ...

2 days ago · According to United for Health, NIH grants in Alabama in 2023 alone supported 4,769 jobs for an economic impact of $909 million and went to institutions from Mobile to Huntsville and in between ...

23 hours ago · One Republican lawmaker has already expressed concerns about the NIH cuts: Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama. The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s health system stands to lose funding and jobs as a result of the Trump administration’s cuts, which Britt nodded to in a careful statement to AL.com over the weekend.

2 days ago · The White House crackdown on grant money from the National Institutes of Health has universities concerned, reportedly including UAB. Donald Trump’s move against diversity programs could change how research schools spend federal dollars. The current policy allows half of NIH grants to be used for staff or other costs. The White House wants that trimmed to fifteen percent. UAB received three ...

2 days ago · In the agency’s announcement, the NIH’s Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, or OPERA, wrote that $9 billion of the $35 billion total spent on research grants in fiscal ...

3 days ago · The NIH’s Claimed Justification For Cutting Indirect Cost Rates To 15%. Suddenly dropping all such indirect cost rates down to 15%, regardless of where the university is located and what it may ...

3 days ago · AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and Chief Scientific Officer Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement of severe cuts in facilities and administrative (also referred to as “indirect”) costs related to …

Jan 30, 2025 · Alabama’s research institutions are largely staying quiet about President Donald Trump’s administration’s halt to National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant reviews, potentially impeding major sources of funding from reaching these institutions.

A few facts. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is the largest employer in the state. It has received more than a billion dollars in NIH funding in recent years.