California and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration to stop the feds from cutting National Institutes of Health funding. Why it matters: The University of California and research institutions across the state rely on billions of dollars in NIH funding to advance medical research and treatments for cancer,

The NIH said Friday it would cap so-called "indirect costs" — those that pay for overhead, for example — at 15% of a grant award. That is far less than the range many institutions have negotiated but could hit California,