The Unfreeze - Part 2

Email of Oct. 23, 2025:

A federal judge has ruled that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that was suspended on July 31, 2025, must be restored to UCLA. The court issued this ruling in a class-action lawsuit filed several months ago by UC researchers. Our hope is that the agency will abide by the judge’s ruling. Taken together with the earlier reinstatement of National Science Foundation funding, this means that most of UCLA’s previously suspended federal research support should be restored for the time being.

My office will send additional information to principal investigators as soon as we have confirmation of NIH funding being reinstated. I want to acknowledge that this continues to be a challenging time for many in our community. We remain dedicated to doing everything in our power to protect the interests of our faculty, students and staff — and to uphold the values and principles that define us.

We will continue to be in communication with any updates.

Sincerely,

Roger M. Wakimoto

Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities

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Note: The experience at Harvard was that there was an erratic restart of funding. What the court says, and what actually happens, can differ.