Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

USC freezes hiring due to federal funding challenges

By Sirisha Dinavahi Click here for updates on this story     4/2/25 (LAPost.com) — The University of Southern California has implemented a series of austerity measures, including a staff hiring freeze, in response to financial uncertainties stemming from federal funding challenges and ongoing investigations by the President Donald Trump administration. In a letter released Monday, university leaders, including outgoing President Carol Folt, cite…

MIT Lincoln Lab awarded $12B Air Force contract

Amid news of the Trump Administration trying to cancel or limit research grants, MIT Lincoln Laboratory has just been awarded a $12.2 billion, five-year federal defense contract.

Research whose conclusions have been dictated by the state rarely has a positive effect. Farshid Jalalvand sees that scientific freedom is under acute threat in the US and gives doomsday examples from China.

Trump Suspends $210 Million in Federal Grants to Princeton over Antisemitism

Princeton joins the list of universities that could lose federal grants while the Trump administration investigates claims of antisemitism.

The president of Princeton University, Chris Eisgruber, informed students and professors that federal agencies were cutting "several dozen" of research grants.The cut adds to a series of similar advertisements against elite universities, the last Harvard, just days ago.Read more]]>

Princeton University says federal grants have been frozen amid antisemitism probe - The Jewish Chronicle

The move follows the suspension of funds to other high-profile institutions follow pro-Palestine campus protests last year