US EditionUS judge blocks Defense Department from slashing federal research funding
- U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy temporarily blocked the Defense Department's 15% cap on indirect research cost reimbursements on June 16 in Boston.
- The cap resulted from an administration effort to reduce funding overhead after similar limits were proposed by NIH, DOE, and NSF and faced legal challenges.
- Universities including MIT, Johns Hopkins, and groups like the Association of American Universities sued, arguing the cap violates federal laws and disrupts negotiated rates often above 50%.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the policy could reduce costs by $900 million per year and emphasized that the redirected funds would support applied innovation, operational capability, and strategic deterrence.
- The restraining order halts the policy pending a July 2 hearing, reflecting ongoing judicial resistance that has blocked similar agency caps and left the policy's future uncertain.
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Federal judges handed California researchers temporary victories in their quest to retrieve what’s likely tens of millions of dollars in federal grants the Trump administration canceled this year.
'Blatant violation': Judge smacks down Trump for canceling university's grants
In the latest legal loss for the Trump administration, a federal judge on Monday evening ordered executive officials to restore grants they terminated to the University of California.The ruling, from Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California, was flagged on X by Politico's Kyle Cheney.The grants were terminated on the basis of the research including topics and keywords blacklisted by the Trump administration, primarily work involv…
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Science Sells Out, Math Gets Political, but the Stars Still Shine — Minding The Campus
In Episode 7 of The Week in Science, host Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars, takes on how science strangled its own intellectual independence, why Trump-era budget cuts aren’t the end of the world, and what a new study says about boys, girls, and math. First up: Science magazine […] The post WATCH: Science Sells Out, Math Gets Political, but the Stars Still Shine appeared first on Minding The Camp…
AmeriCorps’ Work with Students in Limbo Despite Halt to Federal Funding Cuts
When a federal judge earlier this month ordered the Trump administration to restore AmeriCorps funding, there was no relief for the hundreds of service groups that tutor children and staff summer programs in Republican-led states that sat out the lawsuit. Even in the 24 Democrat-led states that challenged the cuts and won a temporary victory, the logistics of reinstating funding remain unclear. Some states are hesitant to turn on the tap when a …
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