The Trump administration’s decision to cap how much NIH will pay for indirect costs on university research grants would cost 10 red states more than $1 billion.

There are ways to save the American people money without endangering world-class lifesaving research and the credibility of the world’s leading institution in biomedicine. But that won’t happen when we cut costs by cutting corners.

The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions by limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects to just 15%.