UCLA is the latest major institution of higher learning to see promised research funding snatched away by the Trump administration, the university’s leader said in an open letter to students and faculty Thursday.

“This is not only a loss to the researchers who rely on critical grants,” wrote Chancellor Julio Frenk. “It is a loss for Americans across the nation whose work, health, and future depend on the groundbreaking work we do.”

Grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are included in the suspensions, Frenk said, but did not provide an amount of how much funding is in peril. The Los Angeles Times reported that roughly $200 million in grants awarded to UCLA are being suspended, citing a partial list of suspended grants provided to them by

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