Court Halts Policy on NIH Funding Reductions
Published February 24, 2025
By AACOM Government Relations
Federal Policy
Higher Education
OME Advocate
- On February 21, 2025, a federal judge extended the pause on a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy that would implement a 15 percent cap on Facilities and Administrative (F&A) reimbursements for all new and existing grants.
- F&A costs include the upkeep of laboratories, management of data security, adherence to federal safety regulations and administrative support that facilitates compliance and operational efficiency.
- The NIH policy, which the NIH estimated would save more than $4 billion each year, came amidst a flurry of executive activity that aims to shrink the federal workforce and budget, and creates a funding shortfall that universities and researchers would need to cover themselves.
- AACOM and other health professions associations issued a statement to underscore the impact of these funding restrictions on research and healthcare education. We will continue to monitor executive activity and report on how it impacts researchers at our colleges of osteopathic medicine.
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