Trump Administration Releases NSF Grants to Harvard and Others After 3-Day Funding Hold
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Updated · The New York Times · May 29
Trump Administration Releases NSF Grants to Harvard and Others After 3-Day Funding Hold
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 29
Some NSF grant funding began moving again on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after the Trump administration had quietly slowed awards to Harvard and other targeted universities.
Government records reviewed by the Times showed previously recommended proposals at Harvard, Duke, Princeton and Yale were flagged for extra scrutiny without clear explanation, leaving researchers and campuses in the dark.
The holds raised alarms because federal judges ruled in two cases last year that the administration had acted unlawfully by freezing research grants to force policy changes.
A White House spokeswoman said the reviews complied with federal law, but a constitutional law professor said the NSF holds may violate a September ruling barring retaliation against Harvard through future funding blocks.
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