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A federal appeals court upheld an injunction Monday that prevents the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from making cuts that would’ve translated to hundreds of millions of dollars in lost grant money for North Carolina.
21 other states joined the State Department of Justice in suing the Trump Administration to block the cuts from taking effect.
The Triangle would’ve been North Carolina’s hardest hit region. The grant money impacts medical and public health research conducted at schools like NC State University, the University of North Carolina and Duke University. An analysis found the cuts would’ve cost the region $1.2 billion in direct funding and indirect economic impact.
“This was a big win for the state,” Attorney General Jeff Jackson (D-North Carolina) said in an interview with WRAL. “This would have really impacted treatment of patients, but also clinical tests and a lot of medical research. Now, fortunately, that’s not going to happen.”
Jackson argued that if the cuts went through, medical research projects wouldn’t have been able to continue. That could’ve led to thousands of job cuts across the region.
The Trump Administration announced a plan for a 15% cut to NIH grant funding in February 2025, shortly after President Donald Trump returned to office as he kick-started efforts to try shrinking the size of the federal government.
In August, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson sent WRAL a statement justifying the cuts:
“NIH is committed to restoring the agency to its tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science. For too long, resources have drifted toward projects with limited relevance to the health challenges facing Americans. NIH remains committed to research that is free from ideology and bias — science that is exploratory, rigorous, and focused on improving health outcomes. It is a deliberate course correction to strengthen accountability and ensure NIH funds research that delivers measurable impact for all Americans.”
This is the latest legal battle putting the NC Dept. of Justice at odds with the White House. Jackson has filed many lawsuits over the past year. >>Triangle at the epicenter of proposed cuts to federal funding for medical research
>>Triangle at the epicenter of proposed cuts to federal funding for medical research
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