Harvard president Garber takes 25% pay cut amid fight with Trump
- Harvard University President Alan Garber announced a voluntary 25% pay cut for fiscal year 2026 amid a federal funding freeze in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- The pay cut follows the Trump administration’s suspension of nearly $3 billion in federal research grants after Harvard refused to comply with government demands tied to campus policies and governance.
- Harvard is redirecting $250 million of its own funds to support research affected by the freeze, joining other universities self-funding research to offset halted federal grants.
- Garber remarked that the sanctions have halted critical research efforts and cautioned that challenging decisions and sacrifices will be necessary moving forward.
- The university’s lawsuit challenges the funding freeze as a violation of academic freedom, while Harvard continues to manage financial impacts with hiring freezes and other cost controls.
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Harvard president takes 25% salary cut amid federal funding freeze
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