The National Institutes of Health announced on Friday that it would be capping a type of funding for medical research at ...
The National Institutes of Health proposal would limit indirect costs for research projects to 15 percent of grants.
The move would reduce the share of NIH grants paid to “indirect” costs—lab upkeep, administration and operation—to 15 percent, cutting their historical rate almost in half, overnight.
The NIH, the largest funder of biomedical research in the U.S., will limit funding for indirect costs to 15%. Indirect costs cover expenses like building maintenance and administrative salaries.
And all six of UAB’s health-related schools were in the top 15 public universities in NIH funding in FY 2022. AL.com reached out to UAB and HudsonAlpha, a biotechnology institution in Huntsville ...