Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

Faculty, graduate students navigate nonessential travel funding freeze

Faculty and graduate students are taking stock after Brown announced a freeze on all nonessential travel amid threats to federal funding.In a March 13 Today@Brown announcement, Provost Francis Doyle and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Sarah Latham announced a ban on nonessential travel, effective immediately through the end of the fiscal year. Travel constitutes "an area with significant unrestricted expenses across Brown…

Trump Targets Princeton: Risks Losing $210M in Federal Funds Amid Antisemitism Probe

Princeton University has temporarily lost access to over $200 million in federal grants as the Trump administration investigates the school’s handling of antisemitism. The decision follows a nationwide crackdown on elite universities accused of enabling anti-Jewish discrimination and harassment. Key Facts: Princeton announced Tuesday that several dozen grants from the DOE, NASA, and DOD have been frozen. An administration official estimated the…

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.

Trump administration freezes dozens of research grants to Princeton

The Trump administration has suspended dozens of research grants to Princeton University, the latest elite institution to absorb a hit to its federal funding as the government mounts a full-court press against antisemitism in academia.

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.