Overview
- Harvard filed a motion for summary judgment to unfreeze roughly $2.5 billion in federal research grants, with arguments scheduled before Judge Allison Burroughs on July 21.
- The university cited internal Trump administration records showing a White House directive ordered agencies to halt Harvard funding without assessing its antisemitism measures.
- Federal stoppages have paused or terminated projects on pediatric HIV, cancer and Parkinson’s treatments, emerging biological threats awareness and dark energy research.
- A federal judge extended a temporary order blocking the administration’s revocation of Harvard’s ability to host international students, giving the university a 30-day window to demonstrate compliance.
- Harvard contends that the funding freeze breaches its First Amendment protections and regulatory rights under the Administrative Procedure Act and highlights its documented steps to address campus antisemitism.