"A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a restraining order against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its recent research funding cut after 22 states filed a lawsuit to block the order.
U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley, nominated by former President Biden, granted a request for a temporary restraining order issued Friday on NIH’s Rate Change Notice, which cut indirect cost rates to a standard rate of 15 percent. This funding went toward administrative and facility costs of conducting research.
On Monday, the attorneys general for 22 states filed a lawsuit to block the order, with Kelley’s order coming less than a day after it was filed.
“Defendants and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate Change Notice (NOT-OD-25- 068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this Court,” Kelley’s order stated."
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