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Judge Orders Restoration of Part of UCLA’s Suspended NSF Grants

The ruling said NSF’s suspensions breached a preliminary court order, leaving NIH awards paused until parties report back by Aug. 19

People walk on the plaza outside Royce Hall, the site of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests, on the UCLA campus on July 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A woman walks by Royce Hall at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
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Overview

  • On Aug. 12, Judge Rita F. Lin found that suspending about 300 NSF-funded UCLA grants violated her June injunction and ordered their restoration.
  • The 500 NIH-funded awards remain frozen because the June order did not cover NIH grants.
  • She directed both sides to file status reports by Aug. 19 outlining how and when the NSF suspensions will be lifted.
  • The administration reportedly proposed a $1 billion settlement to restore the suspended funds, a demand Governor Gavin Newsom called extortion.
  • The dispute over tying grant funding to DEI and antisemitism directives puts $584 million in scientific and medical research at UCLA at risk.