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Gainesville joins amicus brief challenging NIH funding cuts, citing regional job risk
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The Gainesville City Commission voted unanimously Feb. 20 to join an amicus brief challenging recent National Institutes of Health funding changes, with Mayor Harvey Ward and commissioners citing potential local economic harm and lost support roles at the University of Florida.
The Gainesville City Commission voted unanimously Feb. 20 to join an amicus brief seeking to reverse recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) changes the city says could shrink research funding and hurt the local economy.
Mayor Harvey Ward, who noted he was asked to sign individually because of a filing deadline, told commissioners the University of Florida faces losses "somewhere between 30 and $70,000,000 this fiscal year," and said much of the impact would fall on local salaries and support operations. "There are a lot of families that have one member of…
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