Trump administration pulls $60M in Harvard grants
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Harvard University is putting up $250 million of its own money to continue campus research amid a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, but the school’s president warns of sacrifices ahead.
Lawmakers question Harvard's collaborations with Chinese paramilitary and Iranian-funded researchers, citing potential violations of U.S. sanctions and security risks.
The university filed an amended complaint against the administration in response to the loss of the grants, which had previously been frozen.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced a new program to fund senior and tenure-track FAS professors whose grants have been terminated by the Trump administration in a Friday message.
The Trump administration is following through on threats to terminate $2.7 billion dollars in federal grants and other funding at Harvard University, punishment for alleged antisemitism on campus. One professor called it "the academic equivalent of nuclear war.
The Trump administration's cuts to medical research grants have disrupted awards once backed by former President Joe Biden's "Cancer Moonshot" initiative.
The proposed termination of medical research funded by the V.A. is part of the Trump administration’s broader pressure campaign against the university.
The initial allocation will "support critical research activity for a transitional period" as the university looks for other sources of funding after the Trump administration slashed federal funds to the school,