Federal Funding


Harvard Is Back in Talks With Trump Administration, Garber Confirms to Donors

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 confirmed to a group of top-dollar donors Monday that the University is in talks with the Trump administration, according to a person familiar with the call — the first acknowledgment from Harvard officials that discussions quietly reopened last week.


Judge Rules NIH Grant Terminations Illegal, Orders Immediate Reinstatement

A federal judge ordered the National Institutes of Health to reinstate hundreds of research grants, ruling the Trump administration’s widespread attempt to terminate funding that clashed with its agenda illegal on Monday.


Who Is Supporting Harvard in Its Lawsuit To Keep Federal Research Funding?

Before a Monday court deadline, dozens of outside groups — including activists, Boston-area hospitals, and former federal officials — submitted amici briefs backing Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.


20 States Say Federal Research Funding Is Essential in Amicus Brief Supporting Harvard’s Lawsuit

Massachusetts joined a group of 20 states filing an amicus brief on Monday in support of Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s funding freeze, calling it a “punitive and unlawful” move that “poses an unprecedented threat to the university.”


12,000 Harvard Alumni Submit Amicus Brief Backing Harvard in Federal Funding Lawsuit

More than 12,000 Harvard alumni asked a federal judge Monday to accept an amicus brief urging the court to shield their alma mater from what they described as an “existential threat” posed by the Trump administration’s freeze of nearly $3 billion in federal research funding.


18 Universities Seek To Back Harvard in Federal Funding Lawsuit

Eighteen universities — including five Ivy League institutions — plan to submit an amicus brief in support of Harvard’s legal challenge to the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $3 billion in federal research funding.


A Profession ‘Under Siege’: Speakers Urge Students To Defend and Uplift Medicine at HMS Class Day

Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Class Day speakers urged graduates to unite in support of medicine amid funding uncertainty and public health skepticism, taking veiled jabs at the Trump administration after a Commencement marked by pride and defiance.


After a Semester of Catastrophic Federal Cuts, Researchers at Harvard Are in a ‘Survival State’

Across Harvard’s schools, researchers described a wave of destruction following sweeping terminations of federally funded grants. More than $2.7 billion in cuts have come as part of the Trump administration’s targeted pressure campaign against Harvard.


SEAS Cuts Conference Sponsorships, Urges Student Groups To Watch Budgets Closely

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will no longer be a sponsor of the Grace Hopper Celebration — one of the world’s largest conferences for women in tech — and the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference.


Judge Halts Trump Admin’s Attempt to Withhold HUD Funds From Cambridge

A federal judge granted Cambridge a second temporary restraining order on Friday against the Trump administration’s attempt to tie homelessness funds to compliance with executive orders the city says violate its Welcoming City Ordinance.


Trump Administration Threatens To Pull Last of Harvard’s Federal Contracts

The Trump administration is prepared to direct federal agencies to cancel an estimated $100 million in remaining federal contracts with Harvard and seek alternative vendors, The New York Times reported Tuesday morning.


Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

More than 100 Harvard researchers received termination notices for federally funded research projects on Thursday, as sweeping cuts to the majority of Harvard’s federal grants begin taking effect across the University’s labs.


Harvard FAS Announces New Funding Program for Research Impacted by Trump Cuts

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.


At Wednesday Rally, Dining Hall Workers Demand Harvard Prevent Understaffing During Hiring Freeze

More than 100 Harvard dining hall workers rallied in front of Massachusetts Hall to demand Harvard adequately staff dining halls amid a University-wide hiring freeze, delivering a petition with more than 400 signatures to the administration.


With Grants Frozen, Harvard Allocates $250 Million From Central Budget To Keep Research Afloat

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced Wednesday that the University will allocate $250 million in funding over the next year to support research impacted by the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $3 billion in grants and contracts.


Harvard Asks To Name 2 More Agencies, Include New Funding Cuts in Lawsuit Against Trump Admin

Harvard asked on Tuesday to name two more federal agencies in its lawsuit against the Trump administration and encompass the administration’s expanding campaign against Harvard, which now targets more than $2.6 billion in federal funding and all future grants.


Harvard FAS Professors Told To Prepare Contingency Plans for Budget Shortfalls

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors were instructed to develop contingency plans for center and departmental spending budget shortfalls, according to five professors informed at two separate department meetings this week.


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