Judge extends pause on Trump’s NIH medical research grant cuts

Published February 21, 2025 5:36pm ET



A Massachusetts federal judge extended a pause on the Trump administration’s efforts to cap the indirect costs paid to grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health. The cap could save upward of $4 billion per year.

The pause was scheduled to expire on Monday but will now continue until U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley can make a final decision. The cap is another effort from the federal government to cut costs at the beginning of the new administration.

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