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How U.S. colleges are navigating cuts to grants for research after Trump restricts federal funding

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The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government.

President Donald Trump ’s administration has been using the funding spigot to seek compliance with his agenda.

For some prestigious research universities, federal money represented up to half of their revenue.

Trump has singled out Columbia University , making an example of the Ivy League school by withholding $400 million .

At Penn , the administration suspended $175 million in federal funding from the Defense Department and the Department of Health and Human Services over a transgender swimmer.

The cuts and uncertainty have led some universities to accept fewer graduate students, cutting off pathways to careers.

Many graduate students in science programs receive scholarships and stipends that come from federal research grants.

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English

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