From Inside Higher Ed: The Trump administration’s use of funding freezes to take aim at higher education institutions continues as the National Science Foundation has placed limits on new grants for four highly selective universities, Nature reported. As of April 9, the NSF has placed a “hold” on future awards to Duke, Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities, according to internal agency documents obtained by Nature. Since then, minimal new funding has been allocated to those institutions, the documents show.
In 2024, the four received a combined total of 218 new NSF grants, for which researchers are still able to access funds, Nature reported. But this fiscal year they only received 13 new grants, with none awarded to scientists at Duke or Harvard since April 9... It is unclear how long the limitations will last or why those four institutions were singled out...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/05/29/nsf-freezes-new-funding-4-institutions.
Note that while litigation over freezes of existing grants tends to be successful, it is more difficult to deal with delays or just negative decisions on new grants or grant renewals using litigation.
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