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Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants
The suspensions included a restored $1.4 million Lawrence Hall of Science grant and came with little explanation, attorneys said.
- In April, the National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to Berkeley, including a $1.4 million project for Indigenous Ohlone exhibits, despite a federal injunction that had previously restored canceled funding.
- The National Science Foundation cited 'foreign funding' concerns when pausing projects, though grantees received near-zero information, according to attorney Claudia Polsky. These suspensions follow the agency's firing of its independent oversight board in late April.
- Last June, District Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction restoring grants previously canceled by the National Science Foundation, EPA, and NEH. Polsky argues the current suspensions may violate that judicial order.
- The suspensions immediately halt Berkeley projects and pause grant-funded operations, straining a research enterprise that received $525 million in National Science Foundation grants during the 2024-25 budget year.
- On Monday, President James Milliken and supporters rallied in Sacramento for a $23 billion state science bond to counter unreliable federal funding. The state's appropriations committee is set to consider the bill May 14.
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Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants
The National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to UC Berkeley in April despite a court injunction restricting such suspensions, according to an attorney representing university scientists in a class action lawsuit.
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Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants - Open Campus
The National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to UC Berkeley in April despite a court injunction restricting such suspensions, according to an attorney representing university scientists in a class action lawsuit. The National Science Foundation declined to comment on the suspensions. The grants include at least one that the NSF had previously canceled and was compelled by a federal court order to restore, for a series of…
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