A federal judge Friday extended a temporary block on the National Institutes of Health’s plan to slash funding for universities’ indirect research costs amid a legal battle over the policy change.
The nationwide block, which U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley put in place Feb. 10 soon after a coalition of state attorneys general, research advocates and individual universities sued the agency, was set to expire Monday. But it will now remain in place until Kelley has time to consider the arguments the plaintiffs and NIH presented at a hearing Friday morning.
It’s unclear when Kelley will rule. But after the two-hour hearing, she said she certainly “has a lot of work to do” before making a decision...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/02/21/judge-extends-block-controversial-nih-cuts.
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