The Pentagon moved to cancel fellowship programs at 13 high-profile U.S. colleges, a decision that severs a pipeline for grad-study funding and scholarly exchanges tied to national-security training. The cancellations arrive amid heightened tensions between the Defense Department and several academic institutions over policy and vetting concerns. Colleges affected face immediate impacts to recruitment, fellowship-supported research and faculty partnerships with defense agencies. Academic leaders will need to weigh replacement funding, reconstituted training pathways, and the reputational fallout of a federal divestment from established campus programs.