Judge Strikes Down National Science Foundation’s 15% Funding Cap for Research Overhead

Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead

The new ruling blocks an effort to cap research overhead reimbursements, which universities use to support development and maintenance of laboratories and facilities.

Federal judge rules in favor of Brown, other universities in lawsuit against NSF cuts to research funding

A U.S. district court judge sided with Brown and 12 other universities in a lawsuit filed in May against the National Science Foundation. The lawsuit challenged cuts to federally financed indirect funding. In the Friday ruling, the federal judge ordered the NSF to retract the funding cap, describing it as "invalid, arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law."The ruling, written by Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, said the NS…