Washignton – The Trump administration has stopped several dozen federals Research subsidies At Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday.
The University received notifications this week that the subsidies were being suspended by agencies, including the Department of Energy, the NASA and the Department of Defense, according to a message from the Campus of the President of Princeton, Christopher Eistgruber.
The justification was not completely clear, but Princeton will comply with the law, said Eishgruber.
“We are committed to fighting anti -Semitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the government to combat anti -Semitism,” he wrote. “Princeton will also strongly defend academic freedom and the rights of due process of this university.
Princeton is the last Ivy League school to threaten its federal financing by the Trump administration in the midst of research on the anti -Semitism of the campus. This month University of Columbia He agreed several demands of the federal government after it withdrew $ 400 million and threatened to reduce billions more.
A federal work group on anti -Semitism announced Monday that Harvard faced a “Comprehensive review” of almost $ 9 billion in federal subsidies and contracts. Princeton is among more than 100 universities with open research on anti-Semiteism or Islamophobia after a wave of pro-palestinian protests.
The Federal Government is an important income provider for American universities through subsidies for scientific research.
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