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Fidedon – Trump Administration stopped several dozen federal Research Grants At Princeton University, Ivy League school told Ivy League on Tuesday.

This week has received notifications that grants suspended by agencies, including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, according to the Campus for Princeton Christopher Eisgruber.

The explanation was not completely clear, but Princeton will in accordance with the law, Eisgruber said.

“We advocate for the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the Government in the fight against anti-Semitism,” he wrote. “Princeton will also vigorously defend the academic freedom and the right to the procedural rights of this university.

Princeton is the latest school of Ivy League, which has federal financing of the vulnerable Trump Administration in the middle of investigating the campus anti-Semitism. This month Columbia University agreed to several requests From the Federal Government after withdrawing $ 400 million and threatened to reduce billions.

The Federal Working Group on anti-Semitism announced Monday to Harvard faced a “Comprehensive Review” From almost $ 9 billion in federal grants and contracts. Princeton is among more than 100 universities with open investigations in anti-Semitism or Islamophobia after the wave of pro-Palestinian protests.

The Federal Government is the main supplier of revenues by American universities through grants for scientific research.

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