Can the Trump Administration Unilaterally Cut Indirect Costs for NIH Grants?
On Friday, the Trump Administration announced that it would cap the indirect cost rate for federal grants from the National Institutes of Health at fifteen percent. According to the Administration, this cap is justified because the federal government often pays far higher indirect cost rates than do private foundations that fund health research, and that the generous reimbursement of such costs subsidizes administrative bloat at universities and other grant recipients. However justified the Trump Administration’s move may be […]