Key senators are already dismissing a renewed attempt by the White House to cap medical research overhead costs, well before they start drafting fiscal 2027 spending bills.
Top Republican appropriators, including committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday that they do not support a uniform cap on what’s known as indirect costs for research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Indirect costs are expenses incurred by research institutions that are not directly tied to a research project but are necessary for supporting it — like utilities or building maintenance. Typically these costs are reimbursed by the NIH, and range for major research institutions between 30 and 70 percent of the total grant, according to studies. Right now there’s not a uniform cap, there are percentages that are negotiated between the institutions and the federal government.
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