Trump administration reportedly suspends $200m in grants to UCLA
by Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles, California from US news | The Guardian on (#6Z1Y6)
University chancellor said life-saving research' will be defunded as Trump's academic crackdown continues
The Trump administration is suspending some research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, claiming antisemitism and bias", the school announced in a statement on Thursday.
UCLA received a notice that the federal government, through its control of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies, is suspending certain research funding to UCLA," Julio Frenk, the university chancellor, said in a letter to the campus. The move means life-saving research" will be defunded, he said.
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