NSF Reverses Funding Freeze for Duke, Harvard and Yale

The NSF has lifted a hold on future awards for three of the four research institutions it placed under a funding freeze starting in April.

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The National Science Foundation has reversed its recent freeze on new grant funding for Duke, Harvard and Yale Universities, Nature reported. Limitations on new grants for Princeton University, however, remain in effect.

The reversal took place on May 28, one day after Nature published a story detailing a funding pause for all four institutions.

An NSF database showed that on April 9 the accounts of the four universities had been marked with a note that said, “Future Awards to Organization on Hold,” Nature reported. As of Thursday, the note had been removed from every account except Princeton’s.