US EditionDOD Official Urged Trump Administration Not to End Grant for Biological Threat Research, Harvard Tells Court | News Channel 3-12
- On June 2, 2025, Harvard University filed a motion seeking a summary judgment from a federal judge to lift the $2.5 billion research funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration.
- The lawsuit followed the administration's directive, made without evidence of antisemitism, to abruptly freeze and terminate federal grants across Harvard's 12 schools since April 14, 2025.
- The terminated grants include $88 million for pediatric HIV research and $12 million for biological threat studies vital to national security, and the cuts would disrupt over 950 projects.
- Harvard's vice provost, John Shaw, warned that the funding cuts would cause lasting harm to multiple research initiatives, particularly those conducted in scientific laboratories, while a Defense Department representative advocated for maintaining the biological threat research grant.
- The case implies legal and national security consequences as Harvard contends the funding freeze violated federal law and its First Amendment rights, with court arguments set for July 21, 2025.
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A Defense Department official told other members of the Trump administration that a $12 million grant for biological threat research at Harvard should not be canceled due to national security risks, according to the university's latest court filing. The revelation is part of a trove of internal Trump administration documents reviewed by Harvard lawyers. The university says the records show the White House ordered the abrupt freezing of more than…
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DOD official urged Trump administration not to end grant for biological threat research, Harvard tells court
(CNN) — A Defense Department official told others in the Trump administration that a $12 million biological threat research grant at Harvard shouldn’t be terminated because of national security risks, according to the school’s latest court filing.
DOD official urged Trump administration not to end grant for biological threat research, Harvard tells court | News Channel 3-12
By Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A Defense Department official told others in the Trump administration that a $12 million biological threat research grant at Harvard shouldn’t be terminated because of national security risks, according to the school’s latest court filing. The disclosure is part of a trove of internal Trump administration documents reviewed by Harvard lawyers. Harvard says the records show the White House directed t…
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