Wisconsin joins lawsuit to block NIH funding cuts that UW says will harm patients, workers

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Wisconsin joins lawsuit to block NIH funding cuts that UW says will harm patients, workers
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-joins-lawsuit-to-block-nih-funding-cuts-uw-says-will-harm-patients-workers


Updated February 10, 2025 at 7:03 pm

Research at UW-Madison’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. Photo courtesy of UW-Madison, University Communications

The University of Wisconsin-Madison said the decision to cut National Institutes of Health funding, or NIH, will “significantly disrupt vital research activity and delay lifesaving discoveries and cures related to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and much more.”

The NIH announced last week it is making cuts to grants that support research institutions by limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects’ overhead costs to just 15 percent beginning Monday.

The cut, which affects spending on things like facilities and administrative costs, is part of the Trump administration’s attempt to reduce the size of the federal government.


On Monday morning, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a federal lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney Andrea Joy Campbell against the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services and NIH. The lawsuit says the defendants are unlawfully cutting funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country. Twenty two states are party to the suit.

By Monday evening, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the funding cut.

UW-Madison said the reduction would have “an inevitable impact on student opportunities to engage in research activities.”

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[AllyCat]

1. Cut funding organizations needed to help people.

Jobs. Healthcare. Life or death situations for some, quality of life for all.

President Musk is a horrible person.