Snapshots from front lines of federal research funding cuts
Science & Tech Snapshots from front lines of federal research funding cuts Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer July 21, 2025 8 min read Faculty detail scramble to save work and talented researchers, both those in labs and in pipeline Harvard faculty are struggling to maintain labs and preserve research amid the Trump administration’s termination of research grants and continuing pressure campaign. Campus leaders say the government actions could cumulatively cost the University as much as $1 billion a year. Those moves are also threatening laboratory jobs, emerging science and innovation, cell lines, animal models, research continuity, and the education of tomorrow’s scientists. The Gazette reached out to faculty members to get their view of the scramble to minimize disruption during times that have abruptly turned tumultuous. Walter Willett, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health How have these funding cuts affected your day-to-day work and that of your lab? These cuts have greatly affected our...