NIH is cutting overhead funds for research

On Friday, the National Health Institutes (NIH) have significantly reduced the reserved grants for research institutes, which is a decision that can significantly affect American higher education.

The NIH says it has given more than $ 5 billion grants to more than 2,5 companies in 2021, announced that it will now limit the amount paid for “indirect funds” to 15 percent. This fund helps cover the university overhead and administrative expenses, and before that, about 30 percent was average, some universities charge more than 60 percent.

This change will be effective on Monday and will save about $ 4 billion annually according to NIH.

An instruction issued from the department argued that its funds should go directly to scientific research rather than administrative overhead.

“The United States should be the best treatment research in the world. It is important to ensure that the funds are directly on the expenditure of scientific research as much as possible than the administrative overhead, “it says.

In response to development, the associations of public and land universities have said that the decision will limit the progress of cancer-cured treatment.

“NIH will reduce the compensation of research expenditure and reduce cancer cure treatment to reduce and limit the progress in solving chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease,” said Mark Baker, president of the organization.

The statement added, “Let’s not make any mistakes: it is direct and huge cut of life -saving treatment research,” added to the statement.

The Baker Trump called the administration to revisit the move, calling it “self-defended.”

During the first week of January, the administration suddenly decided to froze the grant review process on NIH.

As a result of this decision, the meeting, including the study departments, was canceled, which reviewed the NIH Fellowship and applications for grants. Meetings of the Advisory Council, which determine that an app was also canceled whether any recommendation should be received from an NIH Institute or the Center.

“I do not know that it has a precedent, of course not on the scale,” Emergency Medicine Professor Ester Chu of the University of Oregon Health and Science said, whose NIH study department was canceled.