From the Daily Bruin: The Trump administration must restore over a third of the research grants it froze from UCLA, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. Rita F. Lin, a California district court judge, issued a preliminary injunction in June in response to a lawsuit filed by UC researchers which contested the legality of the National Science Foundation cutting 114 UC research grants on the basis of alleged diversity, equity and inclusion violations. Lin ordered the federal government to explain in a hearing Tuesday why its move to freeze around 300 NSF grants at UCLA did not violate the injunction. Lin said in the Tuesday order, which was issued following the hearing, that the suspensions “differ from a termination in name only” – and therefore violate her June order which blocked the NSF from terminating more of the UC’s grants...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/08/12/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-some-of-uclas-frozen-research-grants.
Although the article doesn't say so, based on past actions, the administration is likely to appeal.
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