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Harvard Negotiates $500 Million Settlement to Unfreeze Federal Research Grants

The proposal seeks to fulfill federal civil rights requirements without relinquishing control over campus governance

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A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
FILE - People walk between buildings on Harvard University campus, Dec. 17, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Overview

  • Harvard is negotiating a deal valued at up to $500 million to lift a freeze on more than $2 billion in federal research funding tied to antisemitism allegations.
  • The proposed figure would more than double the $221 million Columbia University agreed to pay under a similar settlement framework last week.
  • University officials prefer structuring payments through internal investments rather than remitting funds directly to the government to protect academic autonomy.
  • Harvard sued in April, arguing that the administration’s funding cuts violate First Amendment rights and due-process standards.
  • Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House spokesman Harrison W. Fields have cited the Columbia agreement as a template for enforcing civil rights compliance at elite campuses.