Judge Orders N.I.H. to Restore Suspended Research Grants at U.C.L.A.

A federal judge has ordered the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to restore research grants that were suspended at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). This decision is a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants to the university. The lawsuit alleges that the NIH's decision to suspend the grants was politically motivated and violated the researchers' constitutional rights. The judge agreed that the plaintiffs had shown a likelihood of success on the merits of their claims and that the suspension of the grants would cause irreparable harm to the researchers and their work. The ruling is a significant victory for UCLA and a setback for the Trump administration's efforts to target federal funding for academic institutions. The case is ongoing, and the final outcome could have broader implications for the relationship between the government and university research programs.