Apr 14, 2025 - News
Trump's NIH cuts could cost Hillsborough $57 million
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Hillsborough County will experience economic losses of $57 million due to the Trump administration's planned cuts to indirect funding by the National Institutes of Health, per the Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project.
- Pinellas County could lose $5 million.
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.
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.
What they're saying: The pain isn't confined to elite institutions on the East and West coasts, the researchers said.
- "I don't think people have a sense of the extent to which the NIH funding is embedded in communities, big cities, regional hubs, small towns all across the U.S.," Joshua Weitz from the University of Maryland told Axios.