Harvard Scientists: Research Could Be Set Back Years After Funding Freeze

Harvard scientists: Research could be set back years after funding freeze

Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration. The halt in federal funding has meant some of the world’s more prominent researchers exploring everything from opioid addiction to how diseases like cancer…

Funding cuts upend projects piecing together saga of human history — Harvard Gazette

Christina Warinner.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Campus & Community Funding cuts upend projects piecing together saga of human history Ancient DNA expert Christina Warinner notes losses come just as innovations are driving major advances in field Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer August 8, 2025 6 min read In February, Christina Warinner, M.A ’08, Ph.D. ’10, was accepting …

Harvard Scientists Warn Funding Freeze Could Delay Research by Years

Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio’s research has been literally frozen. Collecting blood samples from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades and funded by millions of taxpayer dollars, Ascherio’s work on curing multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases depends on these samples stored in liquid nitrogen freezers at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But for months, he has been unable to access the samples a…