Hubert Hickman, D4CG’s Senior Data Strategist and Data Operations Lead, created a calculator to help understand the potential impact of the cuts to NIH federal research funding for indirect costs proposed in a February 7 memo.

The calculator has been used by researchers and institutions to add up the potential losses to their research funding, and has been mentioned in several news articles about the topic:

PublicSource – February 27, 2025
Trump NIH funding cuts, policies threaten Pitt research

PublicSource – March 7, 2025
Pittsburgh scientists rally in face of federal funding turmoil

CNBC – March 26, 2025
Life science stocks are under pressure due to possible NIH funding cuts. What lies ahead for the sector