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Northwestern’s campus in Evanston, Ill.

How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model

The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.

Northwestern’s campus in Evanston, Ill. VINCENT ALBAN/REUTERS

June 15, 2025 7:00 am ET

In April, Northwestern University cardiologist Dr. Rod Passman learned the National Institutes of Health had abruptly halted funding for a $37 million trial testing a new way to treat dangerous heart arrhythmias, with about 1,500 patients already enrolled. 

It was part of a universitywide funding freeze that threatened to stall hundreds of projects, including clinical trials with patients on lifesaving medication.

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