Columbia agrees to pay $200 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding

By Betsy Klein, CNN

(CNN) — Columbia University announced on Wednesday that it has reached a deal with the Trump administration, following months of negotiation to restore federal funding to the school.

Under the terms of the agreement, Columbia agreed to pay the government a $200 million settlement over three years and an additional $21 million to settle US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations.

In exchange, the university said in its statement, “a vast majority of the federal grants which were terminated or paused in March 2025—will be reinstated and Columbia’s access to billions of dollars in current and future grants will be restored.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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