The Judge orders Trump administration to restore $2.6 billion Harvard research funding ruling delivered a major win for Harvard University in its clash with the White House.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston ruled that the Trump administration’s cuts to Harvard’s federal research grants were illegal retaliation. She said the government used antisemitism concerns as a “smokescreen” to launch an ideological attack on the Ivy League school.
The cuts froze and later canceled over $2.6 billion in federally supported research. Burroughs ordered the restoration of all funding and blocked future cuts that violate Harvard’s constitutional rights. She wrote that free speech must be protected, even while fighting antisemitism.
The Trump administration announced it would appeal, calling Burroughs an “activist Obama-appointed judge.” Officials argued Harvard failed to protect Jewish students and said universities have no automatic right to taxpayer dollars.
Harvard President Alan Garber welcomed the ruling as a defense of academic freedom but warned of further battles. Faculty and researchers remain worried about delays in funding despite the court’s decision.
The Judge orders Trump administration to restore $2.6 billion Harvard research funding ruling strengthens Harvard’s legal fight but leaves uncertainty as the government pushes ahead with its appeal.
