Some doctors expect major ‘medical breakthroughs’ — despite Trump slashing NIH research costs
A new rule from the Trump administration capped facilities and administrative costs for federally funded research grants ...
Federal cuts to 'indirect costs' of medical research would be devastating | Opinion
But that's not so. Indirect costs include lab space, data storage, regulatory compliance and administrative support. The ...
Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
Notably, indirect costs from grants do not cover the full cost of carrying out research at universities. In 2023, colleges and universities contributed approximately $27 billion of their own funding, ...
What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding
The famed cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The fight ...
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Editorial: US science-funding cuts—Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
In 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the US by being the first country to launch a satellite into orbit. This prompted significant increases in US spending on scientific R&D, with the National Science ...
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NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers
The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration.
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"Unprecedented": White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look ...
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Have Trump’s anti-DEI orders hit private funders? HHMI halts inclusive science programme
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost ...
Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs
Research photo from the National Cancer Institute, shared via Unsplash. (NCI Photo) When Luca Foschini, head of Seattle's ...
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RFK Jr. vows to protect stem cell research, says unborn baby parts not needed
President Donald Trump s nominee to lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr , asserted during a three-hour confirmation hearing that tissue from preborn ...
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White House response adds to confusion on federal funding freeze
the Trump-Vance administration has abandoned OMB's ordered federal funding freeze," Democracy Forward said in a statement on Wednesday. "We are proud of our courageous clients — who represent ...