The Trump Administration announced that it will reduce funds that support grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for indirect expenses. Tennessee institutions like St Jude, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center receive $770 million from NIH for medical research grants each year, leading to $1.99 billion in economic activity in our state. The grants include funds for the people conducting the research (direct costs) and also anything that is needed to support the researcher, such as construction, utility costs, safety and security, and the team that supports the researchers (indirect costs). The Trump Administration is limiting indirect expenses to 15% of the grant, a move that would cause layoffs, suspend clinical trials, and delay progress on groundbreaking research.