Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard

U.S. president is pushing to strip the university of its tax-exempt status

Students protest against the Donald Trump's administration at a "Harvard Stands United Rally" organized by Students for Freedom at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 29. © Reuters

May 6, 2025 08:45 JST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump's administration, the Education Department announced Monday.

The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard's president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump's battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.