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$175 Million in Federal Funding to UPenn Frozen Over Transgender Athlete Policies

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Last updated: March 20, 2025 12:32 am
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The Trump administration has frozen $175M in federal funding to UPenn over its past transgender athlete policies, igniting controversy over fairness in women’s sports. Learn more about the decision and its impact.
The Trump administration has frozen $175M in federal funding to UPenn over its past transgender athlete policies, igniting controversy over fairness in women’s sports. Learn more about the decision and its impact.
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University Faces Financial Fallout Amid Executive Order on Transgender AthletesConditions for ReinstatementFinancial Challenges for UPenn

University Faces Financial Fallout Amid Executive Order on Transgender Athletes


The University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution renowned for its academic and athletic programs, has found itself at the center of a $175 million freeze in federal funding. The decision, made public today, is tied to the university’s past policies allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports, a move the administration claims undermines fairness for female athletes.

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The funding freeze, enacted by the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, targets discretionary federal allocations to UPenn. White House officials have stated the action is a fulfillment of Trump’s executive order to protect women’s sports, pointing specifically to the case of Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer who made history in 2022 by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title while competing on UPenn’s women’s swim team. Thomas’s participation sparked widespread controversy, with critics arguing it gave her an unfair physical advantage.

Conditions for Reinstatement


The White House has not detailed the conditions for reinstatement, but the move aligns with broader policy shifts under President Donald Trump’s second term. In February 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which bans transgender women from participating in female sports categories at federally funded institutions. Following this order, the NCAA adjusted its policies to restrict women’s sports participation to athletes assigned female at birth, a change that effectively ended transgender women’s eligibility in competitive events like those Thomas once dominated.

UPenn officials have responded cautiously, noting they have not yet received formal notification of the funding freeze. A university spokesperson underscored that UPenn has consistently adhered to NCAA and Ivy League regulations on athletic participation, asserting that the institution remains in compliance with applicable rules. However, the loss of $175 million—representing roughly 17% of the $1 billion in federal funding UPenn received in 2024—could have significant repercussions for the university’s research and operational budget.

Financial Challenges for UPenn


The decision comes amid a series of financial challenges for UPenn and other higher education institutions. Earlier this month, the university implemented a hiring freeze and spending cuts in anticipation of reduced federal support, including a potential $240 million cut from the National Institutes of Health. The latest funding pause exacerbates these concerns, prompting questions about how UPenn will sustain its academic and athletic programs moving forward.

The Trump administration’s action against UPenn is not an isolated move. Earlier in March, Columbia University saw $400 million in federal contracts and grants paused over unrelated issues, signaling a pattern of leveraging federal funding to enforce policy compliance. Meanwhile, the Department of Education has launched investigations into UPenn, San José State University, and a Massachusetts high school athletic association for alleged Title IX violations linked to transgender athlete participation.

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