National Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staff

Summary

The Trump administration is slashing $4 billion annually from medical research funding by capping indirect costs, such as buildings and support staff, at 15% of NIH grants.

Previously, $9 billion of NIH’s $35 billion budget covered overhead expenses. Supporters, including Elon Musk, praise the cuts as reducing waste.

However, researchers warn the policy will cripple lifesaving research, halt clinical trials, and weaken U.S. innovation.

Critics urge NIH to reverse the decision, calling it a threat to public health and scientific progress.

  • @MutilationWave
    2•2 days ago

    Agreed, but nobody I talk to even knows about the water release or the Kennedy center. Trump’s guaranteed die hard followers will never hear about his errors, and wouldn’t care if they did. They will never turn on him because that would involve admitting they have been wrong for so many years, in many cases they’ve made it their personality.

    And that’s, what, 40% of the vote? The Democrats must run real progressives in the midterms and a real progressive for president in four. If we get to have a legitimate election again.

    • @[email protected]
      2•2 days ago

      It may be heresy but I really don’t think the 90 million folks who stayed home are progressives who were waiting for a hard core Socialist. They are waiting for a really cool guy like John Kennedy or a war hero like Eisenhower. It’s sad, but we need a bigger TV star, not a super progressive.

      • @MutilationWave
        2•2 days ago

        Well I said progressive instead of leftist for a reason. But yeah star power could help. AOC could do it. She’s got nothing to exploit and she can obviously talk circles around whatever the fascists put up.