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Sen. Acosta warns NIH cap could threaten research funding, cites personal medical benefit
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Senator Acosta used his floor remarks supporting a congenital heart defect awareness resolution to warn that a proposed 15% cap on NIH indirect costs could jeopardize research at thousands of institutions and urged Rhode Island's federal delegation to intervene; he cited his own surgery as evidence of research outcomes.
During floor remarks supporting a resolution establishing Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, Senator Acosta said last-week federal action on indirect-cost limits at the National Institutes of Health could harm research capacity and patient outcomes. "Last week, the National Institutes of Health tried to implement a 15% cap on indirect costs related to medical research," Acosta said, adding…
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