US EditionUS judge rejects states' bid to block Trump diversity research funding cuts
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, AUG 1 – A federal judge ruled that the National Science Foundation's policy to end certain diversity grants aligns with its mandate, affecting hundreds of millions in funding, court documents show.
- A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday rejected 16 Democratic-led states' request to reinstate cancelled diversity grants from the Trump administration.
- The states argued in May that the Trump administration lacked the power to cancel NSF diversity programs and urged reversal of grant terminations that began in April.
- In April, the NSF posted a policy restricting subgroup-focused projects and canceled millions of STEM diversity grants, though Cronan noted it continued funding some in the plaintiff states.
- A spokesperson for New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is reviewing the decision, as Cronan ruled disputes over completed grant terminations belong in the Court of Federal Claims.
- Cronan found the NSF policy aligns with its governing statute and wrote that evidence undermines plaintiffs’ argument that the directive renders projects ineligible.
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