UCLA called the decision "a loss for Americans across the nation whose work, health, and future depend on the groundbreaking work we do."

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk says that a loss of funding will impact everyone who relies on the "groundbreaking" research.

The Trump administration has frozen more than $300 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school discriminates in admissions and has failed to protect the civil rights of Jewish students.