An open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives

Assert & defend Congress' NIH funding mandates against Project 2025

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Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization. This order did not come out of nowhere. It was a core component of Lindsey Burke's Dept. of Education chapter in the Project 2025 report. Assert and defend the rights of Congress to protect their NIH funding mandates (April 30, 2024 - Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024. See Notice NOT-OD-24-110.)

First sent on February 8, 2025 by Erin

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