A federal judge on Wednesday issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing ...

On February 7, the NIH announced that it would begin capping indirect cost payments for new and existing research grants at 15%.

Here, we explore the difference between direct and indirect costs, their significance and why the scientific community is deeply concerned about the cap. For discoveries to be made, research must be ...

Those who stand with Trump say they’re exorbitant, unaudited and often abused. Many in the scientific community say not so ...

but will reallocate the spending “away from indirect costs and toward the direct funding of research.” But researchers and scientists say indirect costs cover essential infrastructure ...

This week, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut $4 billion in medical research funding. Scientists ...

Less-wealthy institutions may be particularly hard hit by the proposed reductions in funding for biomedical research.