The Trump administration has restored almost all of the 500 National Institutes of Health grants it suspended at UCLA in July in response to a federal judge’s order last week.
Attorneys in the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a court-mandated update on the status of the grant restorations Monday evening. They report that the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, has restored all but nine grants to UCLA health science researchers, though that figure may be even smaller.
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In response to a similar court order in August, the federal National Science Foundation restored 300 grants it had suspended in July.
The restorations cap a remarkable turnaround for UCLA, which lost access to more than $500 million i