A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

The University of Texas Medical Branch lost more than $19 million in research grants terminated by the Trump administration, and proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health budget could have significant repercussions on future academic research,

The Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding and hiring freezes at colleges and universities come at a crucial time, destabilizing the nation's research infrastructure and prompting many scientists to continue their work abroad if its future remains uncertain in the U.