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.

“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 ...

Tabak, a dentist and researcher, was appointed as the NIH’s principal deputy director in 2010. His tenure spans four presidential administrations, and includes a nearly two-year stint as the ...

His research has been funded by the NIH. Working in an historical archive is a lot like laboratory science. Lots of noise and too little signal. You can spend a day plowing through routine ...

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, and its grants create the foundation of basic science knowledge on which major health ...

A federal judge in Boston has ordered a temporary pause nationwide on plans by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to substantially reduce “indirect” research payments to universities ...

A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing an experimental treatment designed to help people suffering the effects of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease.

Research leaders contend that the NIH decision will damage America’s ability to compete with China and other nations on the frontier of biomedicine. Although it is framed as a simple cost ...

When a grant is awarded to a scientist by the NIH, an additional percentage, on top of the allocated research funding, goes to the facility housing their work to cover these "indirect costs." ...

Department of Health and Human Services: CDC, NIH firings Thousands of probationary employees were fired across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to multiple reports ...

The NIH, the largest funder of biomedical research in the U.S., will limit funding for indirect costs to 15%. Indirect costs cover expenses like building maintenance and administrative salaries.

There already are reports detailing how deep cuts at the NIH could curtail research into infectious diseases — a particularly disturbing development as bird flu spreads throughout the U.S. And ...