From the NY Times: The Trump administration says it will restart the flow of federal research money to Harvard University, following a judge’s ruling that a sweeping blockade of funds was illegal, according to five people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The New York Times. The government’s decision to restore the funding appeared to be a response to the judge’s ruling, and not a broader shift in its stance toward Harvard. The administration has said it would appeal the judge’s decision and maintain its pressure campaign against the university.
...It was not clear how widespread the restorations were, or when the government would actually begin to pay Harvard. It is possible that funding will be disrupted again, even if the government begins making payments. The Justice Department, for example, could seek a stay of last week’s decision by Judge Allison D. Burroughs, who sits on the federal bench in Boston, and ask the court for permission to suspend the funding once again while its appeal proceeds.
...A spokesperson for Harvard said that the university had begun to receive notices of reinstatements of many of the terminated federal awards. The notices came from a range of federal agencies, the spokesman said, adding that the university had not received any payments yet.
The White House declined to comment...
At Harvard, federal research money has lately accounted for roughly 11 percent of the university’s revenue, according to its most recent financial report. Most of the federal research money that pours into Harvard comes from the Department of Health and Human Services. But an array of federal agencies, including NASA and the intelligence community, directed funds to the university in 2023...
Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/harvard-research-funding-trump.html.
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