North Carolina faces $668M NIH funding cut
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Nearly half of all U.S. counties will experience economic losses of at least $250,000 as a result of the Trump administration's planned cuts to indirect funding by the National Institutes of Health, per the Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project.
Why it matters: Much of the discourse around the cuts has focused on the impact to states or individual universities. But this data, compiled from a consortium of universities, shows just how widespread the effects of the cuts would be at the local level, researchers tell Axios.
By the numbers: North Carolina's estimated economic loss is $668 million, per the data.
- Mecklenburg County's estimated hit is $5 million.
Counties in the Triangle, home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, are expected to be hit harder:
- Durham County: $220 million
- Orange County: $140 million
- Wake County: $124 million
Catch up quick: In February, the Trump administration said it would cap the indirect cost rate on all new and current grants at 15% of the total cost.
- North Carolina was among nearly two dozen states that sued, earning a temporary freeze on the cuts for the states that participated in the suit. An additional 16 states have since filed their own legal challenge.