New Budget Rules Say Universities Must Pay More of Researchers' Salaries

By Paul Basken

[Updated with NIH response, 3:44 p.m.]

The new year is bringing increased costs for universities engaged in research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the single largest provider of money for basic research.

As part of the federal budget for the 2012 fiscal year, which was approved by Congress and signed into law last month by President Obama, the NIH's salary cap for outside