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If this is too political, mods please close this, however I think it directly impacts Stanford and could have implications for Stanford athletics as well.

The Trump administration purports to change the way NIH research grants are funded, capping the  "overhead rate" at 15%. This is additional grant money for facilities and administration. From what I can gather, this ranges significantly at different universities. From what I have read and heard from others, Harvard is 69%, UW 55%, Scripps Institute 58%. It appears Stanford is 54% (2025) but I could be mistaken.

From what I could quickly gather, in 2022, Stanford was awarded 651million in NIH grants. If that is inclusive of the indirect costs, that means Stanford would lose ~168 million annually, assuming my math is correct and no other NIH funding changes (which it certainly could).

I'm sure BC at least and likely others would have greater insight into this and I'd welcome their perspectives. Obviously that is a massive amount of money, dwarfing the upcoming 20 million in House payments for NIL, and also more than the AD budget of 145 million (2022). Clearly the science departments would be most directly affected, but I'd imagine the university would likely divert funds from elsewhere to cover a lot of that money.

From what I gather it seems these indirect cost rates have been set by Congress, so it would seem the administration unilaterally withholding this money is an illegal impoundment and schools should have a strong legal case. What that means going forward is unclear at this time.


https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/26/sta...h-funding/

https://cfr.stanford.edu/faculty/applyin...rect-costs

From the NIH database, the 2024 number comparable to the $651M in 2022 appears to be $613M.

[chrisk]

If this is too political, mods please close this, however I think it directly impacts Stanford and could have implications for Stanford athletics as well.

The Trump administration purports to change the way NIH research grants are funded, capping the  "overhead rate" at 15%. This is additional grant money for facilities and administration. From what I can gather, this ranges significantly at different universities. From what I have read and heard from others, Harvard is 69%, UW 55%, Scripps Institute 58%. It appears Stanford is 54% (2025) but I could be mistaken.

From what I could quickly gather, in 2022, Stanford was awarded 651million in NIH grants. If that is inclusive of the indirect costs, that means Stanford would lose ~168 million annually, assuming my math is correct and no other NIH funding changes (which it certainly could).

I'm sure BC at least and likely others would have greater insight into this and I'd welcome their perspectives. Obviously that is a massive amount of money, dwarfing the upcoming 20 million in House payments for NIL, and also more than the AD budget of 145 million (2022). Clearly the science departments would be most directly affected, but I'd imagine the university would likely divert funds from elsewhere to cover a lot of that money.

From what I gather it seems these indirect cost rates have been set by Congress, so it would seem the administration unilaterally withholding this money is an illegal impoundment and schools should have a strong legal case. What that means going forward is unclear at this time.


https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/26/sta...h-funding/

https://cfr.stanford.edu/faculty/applyin...rect-costs

From the NIH database, the 2024 number comparable to the $651M in 2022 appears to be $613M.