NIH announced that it was cutting indirect cost reimbursements at an across-the-board 15% rate, effective Monday.

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 funds, known as “indirect costs,” help universities maintain expensive labs and other infrastructure. Trump’s administration seeks to cut that funding by roughly half the current amount.