The National Science Foundation reinstated approximately $81 million in funding for researchers at UCLA after a court order. This followed earlier grant suspensions totaling over $500 million imposed by the Trump administration aimed at pressuring universities to alter policies related to various social issues. The case marks the first known instance of a court blocking such funding freezes. A federal judge ruled that the NSF's mass terminations lacked specific justification, leading to the reinstatement of the grants to UCLA.
The National Science Foundation restored grants it recently suspended for researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, following a court order.
UCLA is the latest target of the Trump administration's use of mass federal research grant suspensions to pressure prominent universities to change policies.
Federal agencies justify cutting off grants by accusing targeted institutions of failing to address pro-Palestine protesters' alleged antisemitism.
A U.S. District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction restoring grants that the administration terminated en masse via form letters.
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