Nih Budget Cut 2025 Update. When the nih awards a grant to a scientist, an additional percentage of that award is provided to the scientist’s institution to pay. As many as 1,300 probationary employees at cdc and 1,500 at nih are losing their jobs.

On friday, the national institutes of health (nih) announced that negotiated rates were ending. A federal judge on monday temporarily blocked the national institutes of health from implementing steep cuts to how medical research grants are funded, after 22 states sued.