Trump administration suspends dozens of research grants to Princeton

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration has suspended research grants totaling $210 million to Princeton University as part of an ongoing investigation into antisemitism on campus, according to the White House and the Department of Energy.

“I can confirm the Energy Department has paused grant funding to Princeton University pending the completion of the Department of Education’s investigation into Princeton regarding anti-Semitic harassment,” a spokesperson for the Department of Education wrote to CNN.

Earlier in the day, university President Christopher Eisgruber alerted the Princeton community to the cuts in a community-wide email provided to CNN. In the message, he said the rationale for the suspension was “not fully clear” but he went on to discuss the university’s commitment against antisemitism.

“The full rationale for this action is not yet clear,” Eisgruber wrote in the message. He said the university was notified this week by multiple agencies, including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department.

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By Yash Roy, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 8:34 PM EDT, Tue April 1, 2025


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[Dave Bowman]

1. Shit, what the fuck? He's destroying everything!

[progressoid]

3. And 800 million from Johns Hopkins.

Over 2300 laid off and countless students have quit their coursework after being fired from the federal government that gave them a education stipend.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/johns-hopkins-cuts-staff-trump-usaid-rcna196512

Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, including a program designed to help prevent HIV transmission in India and a clinical trial for diarrheal disease in Bangladesh.

The university, one of the country’s most significant and prestigious scientific research institutions, said in a statement Thursday that it would eliminate 1,975 jobs internationally and 247 in the United States as the result of cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development. An additional 78 U.S.-based and 29 international employees will be furloughed.

“This is a difficult day for our entire community,” the statement said. “The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work here in Baltimore and internationally.”

Researchers leading some of the programs to be shuttered said the cuts could raise the risk of dangerous outbreaks. The changes will also have an economic impact in Baltimore because the university is the largest private employer in Maryland.

[Dave Bowman]

5. This is so infuriating and heartbreaking!

I'm speechless...

[progressoid]

7. I know someone who works there.

They are in shock. And angry. And sad. And infuriated.

The list goes on.

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. Trump hates universities.

He will use any excuse to hurt them any way he can.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. "Anti-semitism" is a fake excuse to clobber universities most top tRumpanzees went too. It's nuts. . . . nt

[Dave Bowman]

6. The only university he ever loved was his own failed one.