ACE, the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), along with several research universities, have filed a legal challenge against the administration’s decision to cap Facilities and Administrative (F&A) reimbursements at 15 percent for NIH research grants. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeks to halt the proposed cuts, arguing they violate established federal grant regulations and administrative law.
ACE, AAU, APLU, Others File Legal Challenge to Trump Administration’s Cut to Life-saving NIH Research
read the statementread the complaintStatement by ACE President Ted Mitchell on Trump Administration Move to Slash Research Indirect Cost Rate (February 7, 2025)
Other Lawsuits
From 22 State Attorneys General against the Trump Administration, the
Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of
Health (PDF)
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and Others (PDF)