Trump just attacked UW, Seattle Children's, and Fred Hutch
All three of those organizations use NIH grants to fund medical research. About half of UW's research funding comes from NIH, and I suspect that percentage is even higher for Fred Hutch and Seattle Children's.
Trump is slashing the indirect costs (IDC) they can collect on these awards. Please keep in mind that these institutions negotiate the IDC rates the US Dept. of Health and Human Services ahead of time. NIH also approves how much funding can go to IDC when it issues an award.
Trump is saying that NIH must renege on what it has already agreed to.
I hope our Senators fight this change like hell, or else expect health research in Seattle to grind to a halt.
Some sources about what just happened:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/medical-research-funding-cuts-university-budgets.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-slashes-overhead-payments-research-sparking-outrage