Twenty-two state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Monday in an attempt to stop it from slashing billions of dollars in health research grant funding for universities.
The lawsuit alleges that the NIH's "unlawful action" will devastate critical public health at universities and research institutions.
"Without relief from NIH’s action, these institutions’ cutting-edge work to cure and treat human disease will grind to a halt," the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, says.
On Friday, the NIH announced in a post on X that it would cap rates for "indirect funding," which covers overhead costs not directly linked to scientific projects, at 15 percent, down from an average of nearly 30 percent. The post called out Harvard, Yale and Johns Hopkins for having indirect cost rates of more than 60 percent.
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