APLU In The News
-
Science Magazine
House bill gives NIH 3% raise, blocks cuts to overhead payments
The National Institutes of Health’s budget would get a modest 3.2% raise, to $35.2 billion, in a draft spending bill released by a House of Representatives committee today. To the relief of U.S. research universities, the measure would also explicitly block a proposal by the Trump Administration to slash by two-thirds the payments that NIH…
-
Chronicle of Higher Education
House Republicans Counter Trump on University Research Costs
House Republicans issued a fiscal 2018 budget plan on Wednesday that rejects the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate or sharply cut so-called indirect-cost payments to universities for medical research. The plan, offered by Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma and chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the National Institutes of Health, makes clear…
-
Inside Higher Ed
(Largely) Shunning White House on Higher Ed Spending
The Trump administration’s first budget proposal was greeted coolly by Republican lawmakers (amid deep consternation from advocates for higher education) when it was released in May. Many members of Congress avoided direct criticism but suggested they would not go along with major cuts in popular programs, including a plan to slash the rates at which…
Stay Connected
X (formerly Twitter)
Facebook
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS