Judge Orders Trump Admin to Unfreeze $500 Million in Grants to UCLA

A federal judge in San Francisco on Sept. 23 ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to researchers at the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA).

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin had previously ordered the National Science Foundation to unfreeze $81 million in grants to the university, saying the government acted “through unreasoned form letters with little or no explanation, and from cutting off funds to stop research involving forbidden topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion.”