Federal Government to Cut an Additional $450 Million in Harvard Grants

The decision comes as Harvard’s president recently said the university will not alter its principles to comply with demands from the Trump administration.

People gather around the John Harvard Statue on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., on April 15, 2025. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Eight federal agencies are terminating roughly $450 million in grants to Harvard University in addition to the $2.2 billion that was terminated previously, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said in a May 13 statement published by the Department of Education.

“Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus,” the statement said.