According to a US official who spoke to Reuters on Tuesday, for the investigation of both institutions for alleged civil rights violations, over $ 1 billion at Cornell University and $ 790 million at Northwestern University, investigating both institutions for alleged civil rights.
“The position of financing includes mainly grants and contracts with the federal departments of health, education, agriculture and defense,” the official told the agency to Anonymity to Reuters.
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Trump’s administration threatened to hold up federal financing of universities due to pro-Palestinian protests of the campus, as well as concerns about diversity, justice and inclusion and transgender policy. Last month, the administration sent a letter to 60 universities, including Cornell and Northwestern.
Cornell University said that although it did not receive an official announcement of the total amount or the value of freezing, the Ministry of Defense received orders concerning research in the fields of defense, health and cyber security. The university added that it was looking for more information from the government.
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Northwestern University confirmed media reports of frozen financing, but confirmed that it had not received any official announcement from the government. The university also stated that it cooperates with ongoing investigation.
“The federal funds that Northwestern receive lead to innovative and rescue research, such as the recent development of northwest scientists in the world’s smallest pacemaker, and research to encourage Alzheimer’s disease.
Trump tried to intervene against the Pro-Palestinian campus protests against the American Israeli military attack on Gaza, which caused the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, followed by a deadly attack of the Islamist group Hamas in October 2023.
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The US President called the protesting anti -Semites and described them as sympathetic Hamas warriors and the threats of foreign policy.
Demonstrators, including some Jewish groups, say that Trump’s administration incorrectly associates its criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza and defends Palestinian rights with anti -Semitism and Hamas support.
Trump’s intervention
Human rights advocates raised concern about freedom of expression and academic freedom in response to the intervention of Trump’s administration at universities.
Last week, the US government announced the review of federal grants and contracts at the University of Harvard University of $ 9 billion and set specific conditions that the university must meet to obtain federal financing. Similarly, Princeton’s university revealed that the government froze dozens of its research grants, Reuters reported.
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In addition, last month Trump’s administration canceled $ 400 million financing at Columbia University, which was in the center of last year’s Pro-Palestinian protest.
Columbia University agreed to make significant changes, as required by Trump’s administration to start discussing the restoration of its federal financing.
In addition, federal agents have detained several protesting foreign students from various campuses in recent weeks and are working to deport. The government also canceled the visas of many foreign students involved in protests.
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The laws of rights expressed concern about Islamophobia and anti-arab bias during the Israel-Gaza conflict, but Trump’s administration has to announce any steps in response.
In addition, in March, the administration suspended $ 175 million financing on Pennsylvania University because of its policy concerning participation in Transgender Sport.
(With Reuters inputs)
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