Trump administration pulls $60M in Harvard grants
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At the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which relies heavily on federal support, a crisis response is underway and a reshaping of the institution feels inevitable.
As the Trump administration halts about $2.7 billion in Harvard University funding, the school’s president is absorbing some of the financial impacts by taking a 25 % pay cut, according to a university spokesperson.
The announcement reiterates accusations that are familiar from earlier federal funding terminations. It references antisemitic incidents during earlier protests about Israel's actions in Gaza and the fact that the Harvard Law Review has taken steps to diversify the authors it publishes,
HHS is terminating another $60 million in federal funding to Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University, citing the institution’s alleged “failure to address anti-Semitic harassment and race discrimination,
Harvard President Alan Garber is voluntarily taking a 25 percent pay cut for fiscal year 2026, a spokesperson confirmed to The Washington Post.
Harvard University is putting up $250 million of its own money to continue campus research amid a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, but the school’s president warns of sacrifices ahead.
Harvard University's president says he is taking a voluntary 25% pay cut, though the university isn't saying what he makes or how much he is giving up.