Legal Action
Association of American Medical Colleges v. National Institutes of Health
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Summary
A coalition of medical school and teaching hospital associations sued the Trump-Vance administration challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) federal funding cuts to facilities, equipment, personnel, and other indirect costs associated with medical and public health research. On February 7, 2025, NIH issued Notice Number NOT-OD-25-068 and announced it would immediately cut funding for indirect costs to an across-the-board rate of 15%. The plaintiffs argue that these actions are in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and request delcaratory and injunctive relief.
Plaintiffs
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- Association for Schools and Programs of Public Health
- Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals
- Greater New York Hospital Association
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Ropes & Gray
Defendants
- National Institutes of Health
- Acting Director Matthew J. Memoli
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Acting Secretary Dorothy Fink