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Brown University Finalizes $50 Million Accord to Unfreeze $510 Million in Federal Research Grants

The agreement restores $510 million in grants in exchange for gender-care restrictions alongside nondiscrimination measures that explicitly protect Brown’s academic speech autonomy.

FILE - People walk between buildings on Harvard University campus, Dec. 17, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE - People traverse Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - Students sit on the front steps of Low Memorial Library on the Columbia University campus in New York City, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Overview

  • Brown will pay $50 million over ten years to Rhode Island workforce development organizations as part of its voluntary settlement.
  • The accord resolves three open federal reviews into antisemitism allegations and reinstates active funding for medical and science research.
  • Under the deal, the university adopts the Trump administration’s definitions of male and female and bars gender-affirming surgeries and puberty blockers for minors.
  • Brown must conduct a federal campus climate survey and share admissions data with the Department of Education while retaining full control over curriculum and academic speech.
  • Harvard remains in negotiations under similar terms to regain more than $2 billion in paused research funding.