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Potential NIH funding cut impacts cause fear among Pitt researchers and administration

Pitt research funding could be drastically slashed if lawsuits against the National Institutes of Health’s recent orders fail, according to Pitt administration. The NIH limited grant funding for indirect costs to 15% of research funding for current and future grants in a guidance issued on Feb. 7. While the order is currently on hold after the Association of American Universities, AAMC and 22 state attorneys general recently filed lawsuits, Pitt…