I hope severe budget cuts to @NIH and @theNCI can be avoided to minimize disruption to research progress and a more reasonable budget is passed. Our community needs to plan for US leadership in biomedical research so breakthroughs can help people here and everywhere. @HHSGov

With a projected US budget deficit of 1.7 trillion in 2026, why not give @theNCI billions that were not provided over 20 years. Save money from other government waste. Defunding NCI makes no sense and will impact US lives. youtu.be/yUhpJdspPow

“This will likely mean fewer new treatments will get to children and therefore that fewer children will be saved,” said Charles Roberts, MD, PhD, director of the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60% that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.