Judge Blocks NIH From Cutting Funding to Administrative Costs for Research

The judge ruled in response to a lawsuit from 22 state attorneys general that says the NIH cuts are unlawful.

The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on March 5, blocking the Trump administration from instituting funding cuts for administrative costs associated with research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley’s ruling follows a request from 22 Democratic state attorneys general and groups representing universities and medical schools who argued the NIH funding cuts were unlawful and would lead to layoffs, lab closures, and disruption in scientific and medical research.