Association of American Universities et al v. Department of Health & Human Services et al

  1. April 04, 2025

    NIH Wants Prompt 1st Circ. Review Of Agency's Grant Caps

    The National Institutes of Health is seeking a quicker path to appeal a ruling that blocked its cap on research grant costs, asking a Boston federal judge on Friday to make permanent the preliminary injunction that put the agency's cost-cutting plans on hold. 

  2. March 05, 2025

    Trump's NIH Cost-Cutting Measure Blocked By Judge

    A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration cannot cap indirect costs for research grants at the National Institutes of Health, rejecting the move as a rushed cost-saving measure that violates federal law governing the expenses.

  3. February 25, 2025

    Trump Administration In Court: ACA, Trans Care, Drug Pricing

    Directives from the White House threatening gender-affirming care, medical research funding and employment across federal health agencies met resistance in recent days as courts ruled to halt enforcement and states and labor groups filed for injunctive relief.

  4. February 21, 2025

    NIH Research Cuts Stay On Hold As Judge Mulls Objections

    A Boston federal judge on Friday extended her hold on a Trump administration proposal to slash reimbursements from the National Institutes of Health for research grant costs, a move colleges, hospitals and other institutions have said would wreak havoc on scientific research.

  5. February 20, 2025

    Boston, Other Cities And MassBio Back Challenge To NIH Cuts

    The city of Boston and 44 other cities, counties and elected officials around the country and, separately, the life sciences industry group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday to extend a temporary restraining order blocking steep cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement for research projects.

  6. February 11, 2025

    A 'Disaster For Science': Universities Sue Over NIH Grant Cap

    Research universities and higher education organizations on Tuesday requested an order from a Massachusetts federal court to halt the Trump administration from capping indirect costs for grants from the National Institutes of Health, one day after a separate Bay State federal judge paused the change from taking effect in a case brought by a group of state attorneys general.