The University of Washington has used federal dollars to fund the construction of 15 research buildings in Seattle. Now the Trump administration is talking about slashing that funding.
By Katherine Long
For more than a decade, the University of Washington has used federal research funding to help finance a $1.1 billion building boom in labs and research offices — 15 buildings in all.
But now the Trump administration is talking of sharply curtailing the overhead costs that can be included in research grants.
Those so-called “indirect” costs cover salaries of hundreds of staffers who help with research support — and constructing new lab and office space.
Presidential budgets are rarely enacted as-is, and President Donald Trump’s proposal is thin on details. Still, the UW — which receives more federal research funding than any other public university in the country — is taking the situation seriously.
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