Brooke Hauser — Boston Globe , 2025-05-09 08:30:00
What would Harvard University be without the money the federal government has provided over decades to underwrite its vast research initiatives?
That’s the existential, $9 billion question facing the Harvard community after the Trump administration’s most recent threat in its confrontation with the university: Harvard will not receive any new federal research grants unless and until it complies with White House demands.
This is the second disruption to federally funded research work at Harvard in as many months, following a freeze of $2.2 billion in April after the university said it would not agree to a raft of White House demands on everything from hiring and admissions practices to disciplinary matters involving international students.
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