Harvard University: the freeze of $2.6 Bn in funding decided by Donald Trump's administration lifted

The freeze of $2.6 Bn in research funding for Harvard University, decided by Donald Trump's administration on 14/04/2025, was lifted on 03/09/2025, after a federal judge ruled that the freeze violated the Constitution. The court also granted Harvard’s request for "a permanent injunction that prevents [the Trump administration] from reimposing any unconstitutional conditions imposed to date".

As part of the Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, launched by US President Donald Trump in February 2025, the US government conditioned nearly $9 Bn in federal funding to Harvard, supporting research from cancer treatments to national security, on a set of requirements: ideological audits, mandatory recruitment to ensure a “diversity of views,” the closure of diversity programs (DEI), limiting the authority of non-tenured students and faculty, and securing Harvard’s assets. Harvard rejected these demands, citing violations of the First Amendment and academic freedom. Just hours later, the university faced the immediate loss of $2.2 Bn in federal funding, with additional hundreds of…