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The Ivy League’s president notified students and faculty of the suspended research grants, which include funds from the Department of Energy, NASA and the Department of Defense.
From New York Post
Princeton University said on Tuesday the U.S. government froze several dozen research grants to the school, which became the latest academic institution targeted by the Trump administration.
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President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.
The Trump administration suspended “several dozen” research grants to Princeton University this week, the university’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, announced to the campus community Tuesday, the latest potentially heavy financial blow to an Ivy League institution from the federal government.
Days after NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth, they spoke about their extended space mission at length. The duo thanked US President Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk for their involvement in getting them back down.