University of California leadership reversed a proposal to end hiring incentives for the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program after campus and system stakeholders pushed back. UC president James Milliken announced the system will continue the $85,000-per-fellow hiring support while the university assesses program structure and long-term sustainability; he warned future adjustments —caps or distribution changes—remain possible. The decision protects a recruitment tool linked to efforts to diversify faculty and retain promising scholars at a time of federal funding uncertainty and state budget stress. UC leaders cited program history and success in persuading them to sustain incentives for now, but signaled the system will keep reviewing fiscal exposure as research dollars face national headwinds.