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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to limit indirect costs to 15% for NIH-funded institutions

The move could gut academic cancer research

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Updated Feb. 13, 7:09 PM

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Feb. 10, issued a preliminary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration from enforcing an NIH guidance that would cut the indirect costs paid on NIH grants to a flat rate of 15%.

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