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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Collin Binkley

Harvard joins colleges moving to self-fund some research to offset federal funding cuts

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Harvard University is putting up $250 million of its own money to continue research efforts amid a federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, but the school’s president warns of “difficult decisions and sacrifices” to come.

The university joins a growing number of colleges moving to self-fund research as a way to compensate for at least some of the money lost to federal funding cuts.

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