Washington (May 13, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), today condemned the Trump Administration’s cancelation of $450 million in federal grants to Harvard University, including all grants from the National Science Foundation. In fiscal year 2024, Harvard University received $56 million in National Science Foundation grants. This announcement is the next in a series of illegal and authoritarian Trump administration attacks on Harvard, including freezing $2.2 billion of federal funding and blocking all future research grants to Harvard.

“Yet again, the Trump administration is flouting the Constitution and laws passed by Congress in an authoritarian attempt to intimidate Harvard University into complying with its political demands. The Trump administration is demonstrating astonishing disregard for not only the students, faculty, and staff that these cuts impact, but also for the general public who benefit from scientific breakthroughs and the global standing of the United States. This is a blatant and condemnable strike against freedom, and we stand by Harvard University in their fight against authoritarian overreach by Trump.”

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