Federal judge further prevented National Institutes of Health From implementing the policy to suppressing it funds to earn funds at the indirect costs associated with the award of IT rewards.
NIH announced a plan last month to set it to 15%.
“The United States should have the best medical research in the world. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure that as much funding as possible goes to direct scientific research costs, not administrative caps. Therefore, NIH explained in a notice last month that NIH imposed a standard indirect cost rate on all grants under its 45 CFR 75.414(c).”
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President Donald Trump spoke on March 3, 2025 in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, D.C. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
But the agency has been blocked from implementing policies as a challenge In court.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, who issued a temporary restraining order last month, approved the preliminary injunction Wednesday.
“Life-saving clinical trials are about to be stopped, disrupting the development of innovative medical research and treatments and closing the development of research facilities without taking into account current risks of patient care, ensuring the issuance of a nationwide temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo until the matter can be completely resolved in court.”
The document states: “After a complete briefing and oral debate by the parties involved and a review of the recognized court summary, the court approved the preliminary national injunction.”
After the then president Joe Biden The nominee Kelley served in the U.S. District Court in the Massachusetts District in 2021, with Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Susan Collins of Maine voted with Democrats to confirm the jurist.
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The judge’s decision is as states, universities and other entities challenge the NIH’s attempt to adopt a comprehensive 15% tax rate.
