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State Rep. Jo Doll condemns in the strongest terms the decision by the Trump administration to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of Health research grants at 15 percent.
This would slash billions of dollars in funding for cutting edge research in institutions including the University of Missouri and Doll’s own alma mater, Washington University.
“Wash U plays is a national leader in scientific research,” said Doll, D-Webster Groves. “I’m extremely concerned about it losing millions of dollars of funding for vital medical research into cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases.”
Washington University plays a pivotal role in St. Louis and throughout the state of Missouri, educating the next generation of leaders, driving research and innovation and providing critical health care services which benefit our communities.
Likewise, the University of Missouri-Columbia received approximately $98 million in NIH grants for fiscal year 2024, $28.7 million of which was for indirect costs, according to reporting from Columbia television station KOMU. That represents nearly a third of the total NIH grants the university received.
“The scariest thing is that these cuts are being made purely for political reasons,” Doll said. “These actions are informed and fueled not by objective data but by a general dissatisfaction with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will all feel the result of this when our research falls behind that of other countries, ending America’s status as a leader in research and development of scientific breakthroughs.”
Doll represents the 91st district in St. Louis County.
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