A Biden-appointed judge extended a temporary restraining order on Friday against the Trump administration's cuts to national health research funding.
The ruling from Massachusetts Judge Angel Kelly, who issued the first restraining order last week, responded to separate lawsuits filed by groups from 22 states and organizations representing universities, hospitals and research institutions around the country. It's there.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said earlier this month that billions of dollars related to federally funded research grants to various institutions as part of a broader move by the Trump administration to cut wasteful spending. It has announced that it will reduce the number of
The NIH, the leading funder of biomedical research, awarded more than 60,000 grants last year, totaling over $35 billion. The total is divided into “direct” and “indirect” costs covering researcher salaries and laboratory supplies, as well as the management and facility costs required to support the work.
Trump triggers backlash after cutting billions of dollars in expenses from NIH research grants
Medical researchers from various universities and the Health and Welfare Associations of the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in Washington to protest federal budget cuts. (AP/John McDonnell)
The Trump administration has dismissed these costs as “overhead,” but universities and hospitals argue that it is far more important. According to the Associated Press, it could include things like sophisticated machinery, hazardous waste disposal, and electricity that operates staff that ensure researchers follow safety regulations.
The state and research groups argue that cuts are illegal and refer to the actions of bipartisan Congress during Trump's first term banning them.
“We're still here,” the lawyer argued in the court's motion, saying that the NIH is an “open rebellion” that Congress declared.
In its own written debate, the Trump administration said that the NIH is powered to change terms after awarding the grant, and that Kelly's court is not an appropriate place to arbitrate allegations of breach of contract.
According to the management motion, the state and researchers “failed to show that they would suffer irreparable injuries.”
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The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump has capped indirect costs associated with institutional research grants as part of a broader move to reduce wasteful government spending. (Aramie/Getty Images)
If a new policy exists, the indirect policy will be immediately restricted to 15% due to grants and new grants already awarded. The NIH calculated that the agency would save $4 billion a year.
Johns Hopkins University officials demand that the cuts be terminated or scaled significantly as the cuts could potentially include some of the 600 NIH-funded studies open to Hopkins patients. He said that.
“The care, treatment and medical breakthroughs provided to them and their families are not “overhead,” wrote Theodore Dews, president of Ron Daniels and CEO of Hopkins Medicine, to employees.
Elon Musk's Trump administration's Office of Government Efficiency praised the move.
Elon Musk spoke at CPAC at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Thursday, February 20th. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
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“Can you believe that a university with tens of millions of contributions sucked up the fact that it awarded 60% of its research for “overhead”? “The mask was posted on social media. “What a Lipof!”
Fox News' Alec Schemmel and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
