Harvard University’s funding fight with the Trump administration is reaching a crossroads over veterans’ mental health research. Internal emails from the Department of Veterans Affairs said some programs could be cancelled. Research on the chopping block includes clinical trials for cancer and suicide research.Veterans Affairs Department contracts with Harvard are under review to determine if they are in line with the president’s agenda.Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration cut another $450 million in grants to Harvard a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.A federal antisemitism task force said Harvard will lose grants from eight federal agencies in addition to $2.2 billion that was previously frozen by the Trump administration. The letter said Harvard has become a “breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination” and faces a “steep, uphill battle” to reclaim its legacy as a place of academic excellence.Harvard has faced escalating sanctions from the White House after becoming the first U.S. university to openly defy the government’s demands to limit pro-Palestinian activism and end diversity, equity and inclusion practices.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Harvard University’s funding fight with the Trump administration is reaching a crossroads over veterans’ mental health research.
Internal emails from the Department of Veterans Affairs said some programs could be cancelled. Research on the chopping block includes clinical trials for cancer and suicide research.
Veterans Affairs Department contracts with Harvard are under review to determine if they are in line with the president’s agenda.
Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration cut another $450 million in grants to Harvard a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.
A federal antisemitism task force said Harvard will lose grants from eight federal agencies in addition to $2.2 billion that was previously frozen by the Trump administration.
The letter said Harvard has become a “breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination” and faces a “steep, uphill battle” to reclaim its legacy as a place of academic excellence.
Harvard has faced escalating sanctions from the White House after becoming the first U.S. university to openly defy the government’s demands to limit pro-Palestinian activism and end diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.