7 hours ago · NIH’s effort to cap reimbursable overhead costs at 15 percent of direct funding — down from as much as 70 percent at some Massachusetts institutions — would force the hosts to find a way to ...

1 day ago · National News Trump’s attempted NIH indirect cost funding cuts could have major impact at Mass. colleges, hospitals The order was temporarily blocked after Massachusetts and 21 other states ...

3 days ago · In Fiscal Year 2024, 219 organizations in Massachusetts received approximately $3.46 billion in NIH funding to support 5,783 research projects. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, NIH funding is used for research that improves healthy aging and the care of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

1 day ago · Cutting all reimbursement rates to 15 percent would mean at least $550 million less annual funding for Massachusetts institutions, given their 2024 NIH funding awards, according to a data analysis ...

In a statement released Friday, the NIH announced that it would be capping indirect costs for research grants at 15%, half of the current rate of 30%. The cuts would impact funding for things like ...

2 days ago · Massachusetts is awarded the most NIH funding per capita in the United States, bringing in almost $3.5 billion in 2024 to fund 5,783 research projects, according to the attorney general’s office.

2 days ago · BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has issued the following statement after a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the National Institutes of Health (NIH), barring its attempt to unilaterally cut billions in funding for biomedical and public health research:

3 days ago · Cutting all reimbursement rates to 15 percent would mean at least $550 million less annual funding for Massachusetts institutions, given their latest NIH funding awards, according to a data ...

3 days ago · U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, where 22 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday to temporarily block a major NIH policy change on indirect research costs ...

3 days ago · Later Monday, a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking effect, setting a hearing for later this month to settle whether they are legal and should proceed. ... The NIH gave out about $35 billion in grants last year: Scientists submit research proposals that are vetted by expert committees to determine their ...