This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m.
A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA.
This post was updated Oct. 9 at 10:45 p.m.
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars said they are uncertain about the future of their pay and employment following the federal government’s cuts to UCLA’s research funding.
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 3:41 p.m.
Nearly two months after the federal government froze over half a billion dollars in research funding to UCLA, the National Institutes of Health has temporarily reinstated its suspended grants Tuesday – abiding by a federal judge’s Monday ruling.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced the restatement in a Wednesday email to the UCLA community, where he added that the majority of the university’s suspended grants have temporarily been reinstated.
The federal government suspended $584 million dollars in funding to UCLA – including $500 million from the NIH – July 30 and 31.
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 12:29 p.m.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million of UCLA’s research grants Monday, reinstating the vast majority of the university’s frozen funds.
Hundreds of researchers, faculty and students attended a two-part science fair for suspended research projects Sept. 10 and 11.
The UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute led the first day of the fair at the northwest corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue.
On the final evening before James Milliken succeeded UC President Michael Drake as leader of the University, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced the federal government’s suspension of research funding to UCLA.
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 11:17 p.m.
Jewish community members criticized the federal government’s citation of “antisemitism and bias” as justification for suspending university funding.
This post was updated Sept. 16 at 10:46 p.m.
Groups representing over 100,000 employees sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging that the suspension of research funds and settlement demands of $1 billion is financial coercion and a violation of the free speech and due process rights of employees.
The suit follows the Trump administration’s proposed $1 billion settlement for UCLA to regain its research funding – including 800 grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and U.S.
The Trump administration is seeking to exert control over several of UCLA’s admissions, protest and health care policies in exchange for the university’s research funding, according to a draft settlement acquired by the Los Angeles Times.

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