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Harvard seeks end to US funding cuts, says national security, public health research in peril

Harvard University filed a lawsuit in April 2024 after the Trump administration froze and terminated over $2.4 billion in federal research funding across more than 950 projects nationwide.
The funding cuts followed Harvard’s refusal to comply with White House demands linked to allegations of antisemitism and institutional changes, though no government evidence supported these claims prior to the cuts.
Key impacted grants included $12 million for biological threat research, $88 million for pediatric HIV/AIDS studies, and multimillion-dollar projects on cancer and antibiotic-resistant infections, with officials warning some cuts endangered national security.
Harvard’s lawyers argued that the government abruptly ended the university’s funding not as a result of a thorough evaluation, but due to the White House’s directive to halt funding across the board with the primary goal of imposing maximum punishment.
Harvard seeks a court order to unfreeze its funds by September 2024, warning delays could irreversibly damage crucial research and public health programs that the university cannot sustain without federal support.

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