Shortly after Attorney General Kathy Jennings and others filed a lawsuit to protect medical research funding from indiscriminate cuts by the Trump administration, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the attempted defunding.

The order spares millions of dollars in funding for biomedical and public health research at the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, Delaware’s hospital systems, and other recipients of NIH grants in Delaware.

“The Court’s ruling preserves critical, life-saving work at our premier research centers and will help America maintain its leadership in medical innovation,” said Attorney General Jennings. “This kind of research has made what used to be death sentences into treatable conditions, gives hope for the future to those who receive scary diagnoses today. This fight is far from over, but this swift initial victory preserves that hope for millions of patients and families.”

The TRO, issued late Monday afternoon, came less than six hours after AG Jennings and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general sued the Trump Administration for violating laws that preserve NIH grants for medical research against arbitrary and unilateral cuts. The TRO stops the NIH from taking any steps to implement or enforce their attempted across-the-board reduction in research grants within the Plaintiff states until a further order is made by the Court.

A hearing has been scheduled in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts on Friday, February 21 at 10 a.m.

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