Discussion about NIH research funding cuts requires ‘data, time and careful evaluation’

NIH’s plan to cut what it pays universities and other entities for indirect costs associated with scientific research would have “extremely challenging” short- and long-term impacts, according to a renowned data scientist and researcher.
“If this comes to fruition, we’d be in a situation where we wouldn’t be able to do research the way we do it today,” Paul Boutros, PhD, MBA, vice dean for research at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told Healio.
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