US EditionHarvard University puts up $250 million to shore up research hit by Trump freeze on grants
- Harvard University announced it will allocate $250 million of its own funds to sustain research impacted by a Trump administration freeze on federal grants as of May 2025.
- This move follows the Trump administration's decision to cut and freeze over $2.6 billion in federal research funding to Harvard and other universities amid disputes over campus policies and compliance with civil rights enforcement.
- Several leading universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, and Johns Hopkins, have faced significant funding interruptions causing layoffs, stop-work orders, and have begun self-funding affected research projects.
- Harvard President Alan Garber described the sanctions as causing "loss of years of important work" and warned of "difficult decisions and sacrifices ahead" while committing to legal challenges against the government’s actions.
- The funding crisis highlights tensions between the federal government and academia, prompting over 50 higher education organizations to call for restoring partnership respect, while universities also engage Trump-linked lobbyists to navigate political challenges.
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Publicly defiant, elite universities privately line up to hire lobbyists close to Trump
Five elite universities that have publicly criticized President Donald Trump are paying top-tier MAGA-friendly lobbyists to butter up the White House privately, federal lobbying disclosures show. Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University…
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