Australian university researchers told ‘woke gender ideology’ among reasons behind Trump funding cuts

Researchers receive memo notifying temporary' funding pause prompting push for Australian government to pursue European partnerships

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The Trump administration told Australian university researchers a push to promote administration priorities and avoid DEI, woke gender ideology and the green new deal" was behind a temporary pause" of funding, according to a memo seen by Guardian Australia.

University sector sources say the US has severed research funding at six universities - Monash University, Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales and University of Western Australia - since Donald Trump came to power, including some as early as January. ANU is the first university to publicly acknowledged it.

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