Appeals Court Rules Trump Admin Can’t Cap Overhead Reimbursement Rate for NIH Research Grants

The administration had argued that NIH followed existing laws and regulations.
Appeals Court Rules Trump Admin Can’t Cap Overhead Reimbursement Rate for NIH Research Grants
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gateway Center in Bethesda, Md., on June 8, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/Reuters
|Updated:
0:00

A federal appeals court ruled on Jan. 5 that the Trump administration cannot reduce the amount of money the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pays grant recipients for indirect costs, such as administration or facility maintenance.

The ruling applies to three lawsuits filed by the attorneys general of Massachusetts and 21 other states, and hospitals, schools, and the associations that represent them.