A federal judge on Aug. 1 declined a request from 16 states to block the National Science Foundation (NSF) from terminating research funding awarded to universities for diversity-related projects.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by 16 Democrat-led states seeking a preliminary injunction to block the implementation of NSF’s priority directive that halted funding for projects aimed at increasing minority participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
