Harvard Faces $3 Billion Federal Funding Freeze

The Trump administration has frozen nearly $3 billion in federal research funding to Harvard University, citing alleged failures to address antisemitism, race discrimination, and resistance to changes in admissions and diversity policies. In response, Harvard has allocated $250 million from its own budget to support critical research, while President Alan Garber has taken a voluntary 25% pay cut and senior faculty have pledged portions of their salaries. Additional investigations and threats against Harvard's ability to admit foreign students have escalated the situation. Harvard has filed and amended lawsuits, claiming the funding freezes are unlawful and politically motivated, and warn of a threat to academic freedom and scientific progress. The crisis has forced Harvard to consider hiring freezes and program cuts. Other elite universities have also adopted emergency measures to support research amid ongoing federal funding disruptions.