The Health and Human Services agency confirmed that $108 million in National Institute of Health (NIH) research funding for Duke University has been frozen due to racial discrimination at its medical school, an agency official told The Epoch Times on July 30.
The federal agency, along with the Department of Education, is also requiring Duke to create a “Merit and Civil Rights Committee” to assure that federal grants are spent on research, medical education, and training—“not race,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a July 28 release, before the funding freeze was confirmed.
In a July 28 letter sent to Duke University Medical School Dean Mary Klotman and other university administrators, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Kennedy said the allegations include “racial preferences and discriminatory activity in recruitment, student admissions, scholarships and financial aid, mentoring and enrichment programs, hiring, promotion, and more.”…
Trump Admin Freezes $108 Million in Research Grants to Duke
