Judge Orders Federal Government to Restore Some Research Grants for UCLA

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the National Science Foundation had violated a preliminary injunction issued on June 23.
Judge Orders Federal Government to Restore Some Research Grants for UCLA
A woman walks by Royce Hall at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2025. Daniel Cole/Reuters
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A judge on Aug. 12 ruled that the federal government must restore portions of the funding it had suspended from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

In a 12-page order, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of California stated that the National Science Foundation (NSF) had violated a preliminary injunction requiring the agency to restore research grants previously awarded to UCLA.
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