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NIH announces incredible cuts to all active and future grants
(grants.nih.gov)
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If my statement was wrong, feel free to correct it. But based on reading the article, this change is not a "cut" to grants as you indicated in your title.
Will this change cause significant disruption? Almost certainly. But there's an argument to be made for the change, namely that NIH grants should support the science rather than the university and that university overhead costs should be subsidized in some other way.
The science becomes significantly harder to do when the overhead costs can’t be met. The science doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
From the NIH announcement.
My university is slated to lose eight digits in budgeted and contractually obligated F&As. Virtually every university is gearing up to sue to NIH if NIH tries to withhold these contractually obligated funds like they say they're going to.
F&As cover things like hazardous waste disposal. Maybe to cut costs, we can just dump our hazardous chemicals in your backyard.
Thanks for the quote, but it's still not a cut to the grant itself.
Believe it or not, I also think university research depts should continue to exist and that major budget shortfalls due to this are not in our best interest.
Hope your abrasive remarks are making you feel better.