The Trump administration’s move to cut billions of dollars in biomedical research funding is being met with alarm from academic leaders who say the cuts will cripple research efforts underway at the nation’s universities and medical centers.

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that it is cutting funding immediately for the “indirect” costs related to research, including for facilities and academic requirements, reports The Washington Post Saturday. 

“The United States should have the best medical research in the world,” the NIH said in the announcement. “It is accordingly vital to ensure that as many funds as possible go towards direct scientific research costs rather than administrative overhead.”

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