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Trump Admin Freezes $108 Million in Research Grants to Duke

Duke University’s medical school is accused of illegal racial preferences in recruitment, student admissions, scholarships, financial aid, and other programs.
Trump Admin Freezes $108 Million in Research Grants to Duke
Students pass under the arches at Duke University in Durham, N.C., in a file photo. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
7/30/2025|Updated: 7/30/2025
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The Health and Human Services agency confirmed that $108 million in National Institute of Health (NIH) research funding for Duke University has been frozen due to racial discrimination at its medical school, an agency official told The Epoch Times on July 30.

The federal agency, along with the Department of Education, is also requiring Duke to create a “Merit and Civil Rights Committee” to assure that federal grants are spent on research, medical education, and training—“not race,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a July 28 release, before the funding freeze was confirmed.
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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