Professor Laureado, that is, an academic honored by his performance, who works with early diagnosis of her, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is one of several researchers at Harvard University who received stopping orders after the Trump government freezes more than $ 2.2 billion in financing due to the university’s refusal to meet political demands.
David Walt, professor at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reported receiving an email on Tuesday (15) from the Department of Health and Human Services informing that financing for a research stock exchange was being immediately canceled.
“This cancellation will cost lives,” exclaimed Walt to Richard Quest from CNN .
The academic project focused on early diagnosis and treatment options for her, also known as Lou Gehrig disease, a motor neuron condition that causes paralysis and affects about 30,000 people in the United States.
His scholarship was worth more than $ 300,000 a year, according to the Harvard Crimson student newspaper.
The cancellation of the project occurs after the Trump administration announced on Monday (14), that it would freeze $ 2.2 billion in multi-annual scholarships and $ 60 million in multi-annual contracts in Harvard, after the institution refuses to meet the requirements to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei) programs, ban the use of masks in campus protests and ensure other measures.
Harvard rector Alan M. Garber stated that the university would not “renounce its independence or constitutional rights” by accepting the agreement, which the White House fell as an effort to curb anti -Semitism in university campuses.
Like many universities, Harvard receives funding from the US government for research and innovation.
Federal financing is the largest source of research support from the educational institution, contributing 58% of the total sponsored revenue during the 2024 fiscal year, according to the university.
The Trump government has criticized universities and colleges in all the United States, ending or demanding new conditions for research scholarships, deporting international students and cutting up the general federal support for scientific research.
Harvard is among the first elite institutions to directly reject the White House requirements, although others have also shown support to the university after the institution makes public its position.

The consequences at the University of Ivy League were fast – and the consequences will be huge, scientists warned.
“This will have devastating consequences for innovation, education and economy in the coming years”,
Said Walt.
According to him, “the US, in my opinion, are giving our leadership in science and technology to China and other countries.”
A few months ago, Walt was laureate with the National Technology and Innovation Medal, the highest honor in his area, granted by the US President.
In addition to working with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the teacher’s laboratory acts on early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and other infectious diseases, to discover new drugs with potential for cure.
“If we can solve any of these problems, it will benefit many, many patients,” he explained. “Taking this opportunity out of me and other dedicated researchers, in my opinion, is a scam.”
The White House redoubled the bet on Tuesday (15), threatening to revoke the university’s fiscal exemption position and emphasizing that President Donald Trump “wanted Harvard to apologize” for “flagrant anti-Semitism that occurred on his university campus against Jewish-American students.”
It is not yet clear how many programs will be affected by the freezing of funds – but the first reports suggest that millions of dollars in financing for medical research that saves lives have already been cut.
Other affected research
Among the affected projects, Professor Donald E. Ingber received two contract stoppage orders to the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Center, which develops vaccines, medicines, therapies and diagnostic tools for public health emergencies, his assistant said to the assistant CNN .
One of the terminated contracts is worth more than $ 15 million, according to Crimson.
Sarah Fortune, a professor at the Harvard Public Health School, received an order to stop his research on tuberculosis, according to a source of the institution with knowledge of the information.
The survey is part of a US $ 60 million contract from the National Health Institute (NIH) involving Harvard and other US universities, the source reported.
On Friday (11), before the announcement of the financing freeze, a group of Harvard teachers sued the Trump government to block a review of nearly $ 9 billion in federal funds to the educational institution.
The action, filed by the Harvard branch of the American Association of University Professors, along with the National Organization, warned that the actions of the White House “have already caused serious and irreparable damage to interrupting research and academic investigations in Harvard, including areas that have no relation to accusations of anti -Semiticism or other civil rights violations.”
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Source: CNN Brasil

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