NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Alyssa H Sinclair^{1

2

3}, Mallory J Harris^{4

5}, Clio Andris^{6

7}, Danielle Cosme^{8

9}, Ellen Peters^{10

11}, Angela Fagerlin^{12

13}, Emily B Falk^{8

9

14

15}, Joshua S Weitz^{16

17}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
² Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
³ Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵ University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁶ School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁷ School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁸ Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Center for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
¹¹ Psychology Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
¹² Salt Lake City VA Informatics Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center for Innovation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁵ Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. jsweitz@umd.edu.
¹⁷ University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, MD, USA. jsweitz@umd.edu.

PMID: 40456941
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02238-x

NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Alyssa H Sinclair et al. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;9(7):1301-1302.

doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02238-x.

Authors

Alyssa H Sinclair^{1

2

3}, Mallory J Harris^{4

5}, Clio Andris^{6

7}, Danielle Cosme^{8

9}, Ellen Peters^{10

11}, Angela Fagerlin^{12

13}, Emily B Falk^{8

9

14

15}, Joshua S Weitz^{16

17}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
² Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
³ Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. asinclair@falklab.org.
⁴ Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵ University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁶ School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁷ School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁸ Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Center for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
¹¹ Psychology Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
¹² Salt Lake City VA Informatics Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center for Innovation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁵ Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. jsweitz@umd.edu.
¹⁷ University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, MD, USA. jsweitz@umd.edu.

PMID: 40456941
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02238-x

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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