22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments

Attorneys general representing 22 states sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a federal judge to temporarily block a major policy change by the National Institutes of Health that would substantially limit payments for research overhead to universities, medical centers, and other grant recipients.

In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the attorneys general argued that NIH’s abrupt decision to set a 15% cap on payments for indirect costs — administrative and facility costs linked to research — would cause major harm to institution budgets, jeopardizing basic operations and medical research.

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