The National Science Foundation reversed a recent freeze on new grant awards for Duke, Harvard, and Yale, according to Nature. The lift took place May 28, one day after Nature reported that all four institutions faced new NSF funding limitations. NSF appears to have removed the account hold noted as “Future Awards to Organization on Hold” for Duke, Harvard, and Yale, while Princeton’s hold remained in place. NSF data reviewed by Nature showed that on April 9 the accounts for the four universities were flagged, with the update later applied to three of them. The practical impact for research teams is near-term: Nature reports that “a few grants” had already been released to researchers at Harvard and Duke after the freeze was lifted. At the same time, the broader year-to-date grant intake for each institution is down compared with prior years. With NSF not providing a detailed explanation, campus research offices will likely focus on restoring procurement, hiring, and project timelines that may have been paused or slowed during the hold window.