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University president warns NIH cap would slash research overhead, jeopardize grants and graduate training
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Rebecca Cunningham, president of the University of Minnesota, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 12 that a federal directive to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15 percent would reduce the university’s negotiated rate from 54 percent and immediately cut roughly $130 million from research overhead.
Rebecca Cunningham, president of the University of Minnesota, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 12 that a federal directive to sharply reduce indirect cost reimbursement for research grants would substantially curtail the university’s biomedical enterprise.
Cunningham said the university’s negotiated indirect cost rate for federal research currently is 54 percent and that, if the executive action stood, “it would be an immediate cut of approximately $130,000,000 to the university's budget.” She told senators the change would affect more than just faculty salaries: indirect funds pay for laboratory facilities, equipment, grant administration,…
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