A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.

The Trump administration has announced a plan that would significantly cut funding to projects awarded grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funds biomedical research in laboratories across the country. The proposed change would cap facilities and administration costs, also known as indirect costs, at a rate of 15%.

Spokane joined the ranks of others suing the Trump administration on Friday amid attempts to reduce federal spending after research institutions spent $9 billion in NIH grants on “indirect costs.” The National Institutes of Health posted on X earlier this month that of the $35 billion it handed out in research

The Trump administration has halted a key step in theNational Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding process, potentially violating a federal court order that explicitly forbade such actions. The move has effectively stalled the review of research funding applications,