The Northwestern Wildcats logo on the campus of Northwestern University, a day after a U.S. official said $790 million in federal funding has been frozen for the University while it investigates the school over civil rights violationsm in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Vincent Alban

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday said it has reached an agreement with Northwestern University to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds and close pending investigations into the school.

The Chicago-area university will pay $75 million to the U.S. government as part of the deal, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

The Trump administration in April froze nearly $800 million in research funding for Northwestern after Republicans in the House of Representatives accused the university of not doing enough to address antisemitism, including during campus protests against the Gaza war.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil)