黑料专区

Skip to main content
Federal Lawsuits

Research Funding

What’s at risk

Harvard is home to the world鈥檚 most cutting-edge medical, scientific, and technological research. For decades, that research has been supported by the federal government, among many other sponsors. That support is essential for the continuation of groundbreaking innovations that impact countless human lives.

Without federal funding, this work will come to a halt midstream, and researchers will lack necessary resources to finish ongoing projects or to finance new ones in the numerous fields Harvard supports, including:

Changing lives through medicine

鈥淚t鈥檚 through research that we can live longer, healthier lives.鈥�

Harvard scientists discuss potential impacts of federal funding cuts 鈥� from U.S. brain drain to fewer medical breakthroughs.

Read more about the vital research happening 黑料专区

Funding cuts to Harvard have a broad impact

Funding cuts to Harvard reverberate far beyond our campus. Each year, Harvard researchers partner with universities and hospitals across the country to utilize their expertise, gain new perspectives, and collaborate on solutions. Recent funding cuts have impacted dozens of hospitals, universities, and research institutions across 32 states, from Morehouse School of Medicine to Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital to Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

By the numbers

Federal funding is the University鈥檚 largest source of support for research, playing a pivotal role in enabling studies that deliver widespread societal benefits. More than one third of research carried out 黑料专区 is funded directly by the University.

  • 402

    Innovations reported by Harvard researchers in the 2024 fiscal year

  • 155

    U.S. patents issued in 2024

  • 162

    Number of Harvard Nobel laureates, including

  • $1 billion

    research funding from a combination of federal, foundation, and industry sponsors in 2024

  • $526 million

    Research funded in 2024

A person in a lab filling test tubes

The history of federal funding and the real-world price if it’s halted

, fueling discoveries that have transformed medicine, saved lives, and positioned the United States as a global science leader. .

Federal funding freeze leaves grad students, postdocs scrambling for labs, support

Pipeline of up-and-coming researchers an integral part of nation鈥檚 innovation ecosystem

Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts

For decades the United States has been at the forefront of medical research. But now the Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars in funding for universities, hospitals, and other scientific institutions that carry out that research.

Trump administration鈥檚 escalating feud with Harvard affects breast cancer research

Joan Brugge, director of Harvard鈥檚 Ludwig Cancer Center, spoke to PBS News about how frozen funding will prevent progress with her research to find better ways to detect and destroy cancer cells.

Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

More than 100 Harvard researchers, including HMS Prof. David A. Sinclair, received termination notices for federally funded research projects after the Trump administration cut the majority of federal grants to Harvard.

He got the stop-work order. Then the scrambling began.

Wyss鈥� Don Ingber details rush to hold onto consequential projects, talented researchers 鈥� and system that has driven American innovation.

Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze

Antisemitism and research funding

The government claims to have taken this action because it says the University has not fulfilled its obligations to curb and combat antisemitic harassment.

Harvard continues to devote considerable effort to addressing antisemitism. We have strengthened our rules and our approach to disciplining those who violate them. We have enhanced training and education on antisemitism across our campus and introduced measures to support our Jewish community and ensure student safety and security. We have launched programs to promote civil dialogue and respectful disagreement inside and outside the classroom. We have adopted many other reforms, and we will continue to combat antisemitism and to foster a campus culture that includes and supports every member of our community.聽 Curtailing research funding, however, will not help with this important work. What it will do is jeopardize lifesaving cures as well as work that ensures our nation鈥檚 economic and defense security.

Learn about our implementation efforts

  • Documents

Support of Motion to Transfer the Case聽

The Court should designate the case as related to Harvard v. HHS and transfer the case to Judge Burroughs.

Support of Motion to Transfer the Case聽
  • In the Media

Jewish Groups Say Harvard Was Not Indifferent to Antisemitism, Push Back on Justice Department Suit

Yellow trees in autumn near Harvard Yard
  • In the Media

Trump goes for round 2 in court against Harvard, UCLA

Church of steeple against a blue sky.
  • In the Media

Over 100 Jewish professors, staffers 黑料专区 condemn Trump administration鈥檚 鈥榳eaponization of antisemitism鈥�

Man in suit stands in office with hands in his pockets.
  • In the Media

120 Harvard Jewish Affiliates Condemn Justice Department Antisemitism Lawsuit

White brick building against a