NSF suspends $21M in UC Berkeley research grants over foreign funding disclosures

The University of California, Berkeley has seen nearly $21 million in research funding across 18 grants suspended by the federal National Science Foundation, which alleges that principal investigators failed to disclose foreign funding sources. Berkeley researchers dispute the claims, saying they either received no funding from the countries identified by the agency or had properly reported relevant support; the university is working to provide documentation in hopes of restoring the awards. The affected grants span fields including plant genetics, artificial intelligence, chemistry, biology, museum education, and criminal justice research. While the suspensions do not terminate the awards, they halt remaining funding and add to uncertainty surrounding long-term federal research support.