Attor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal Tong Sues to Stop Trump from Defund\u00ading Life\u00adsav\u00ading Med\u00adical Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nation\u00adal Insti\u00adtute of Health announced on Feb. 7, 2025 that it was going to cut grant rates to 15% across the board. Accord\u00ading to the plain\u00adtiffs, this would jeop\u00adar\u00addize med\u00adical research done at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions across the coun\u00adtry by not pro\u00advid\u00ading the nec\u00ades\u00adsary fund\u00ading for research to start or con\u00adtin\u00adue. The fund\u00ading cuts would affect not only future research grants, but cur\u00adrent ones as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This direc\u00adtive, was known as \u201cNotice Num\u00adber \u2018NOT OD-25\u2013068\u2019<\/a> and was titled \u2018Sup\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtal Guid\u00adance to the 2024 NIH Grants Pol\u00adi\u00adcy State\u00adment: Indi\u00adrect Cost Rates\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dur\u00ading his first pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy in 2017, Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump had tried to cut these rates to 10% across the board in a bud\u00adget pro\u00adpos\u00adal and Con\u00adgress reject\u00aded it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accord\u00ading to the press release from Feb. 10, 2025, \u201cAttor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal William Tong and 21 oth\u00ader attor\u00adneys gen\u00ader\u00adal today sued the Trump Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion, the Depart\u00adment of Health and Human Ser\u00advices, and the Nation\u00adal Insti\u00adtutes of Health (NIH) for unlaw\u00adful\u00adly cut\u00adting funds that sup\u00adport cut\u00adting-edge, life\u00adsav\u00ading med\u00adical and pub\u00adlic health research at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and research insti\u00adtu\u00adtions across the coun\u00adtry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tong and his fel\u00adlow plain\u00adtiffs argue in this suit that these cuts vio\u00adlate the Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive Pro\u00adce\u00addures Act. Accord\u00ading to the press release, \u201cThe Trump plan would elim\u00adi\u00adnate $35 mil\u00adlion in fund\u00ading for ongo\u00ading, promis\u00ading research at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut and the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Health Cen\u00adter. This includes research into treat\u00adments for the lead\u00ading caus\u00ades of death and dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty in the Unit\u00aded States, includ\u00ading can\u00adcer, Alzheimer\u2019s dis\u00adease, and depres\u00adsion. Fund\u00ading fur\u00adther sup\u00adports UConn research into autism, ear\u00adly diag\u00adno\u00adsis tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy for pre\u00adventable caus\u00ades of new\u00adborn death, heart dis\u00adease, can\u00adcer and chron\u00adic kid\u00adney dis\u00adease, treat\u00adment for chron\u00adic low\u00ader-back pain, and emerg\u00ading tick-borne dis\u00adeases, among many oth\u00aders detailed in this dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut and the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut Health Cen\u00adter col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly received $620,648,927 in NIH fund\u00ading this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feb. 10, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\nPreceding Event<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Trump had tried to do this dur\u00ading his first term, but Con\u00adgress enact\u00aded an appro\u00adpri\u00ada\u00adtions rid\u00ader pro\u00adhibit\u00ading \u201cHHS or NIH from spend\u00ading appro\u00adpri\u00adat\u00aded funds \u2018to devel\u00adop or imple\u00adment a mod\u00adi\u00adfied approach to\u2019 the reim\u00adburse\u00adment of \u2018indi\u00adrect costs\u2019 and \u2018devi\u00ada\u00adtions from nego\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded rates\u2019.\u201d This rid\u00ader is still in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConnecticut Nexus<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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