A Department of Defense official has reportedly implored superiors to reconsider the cancellation of a Harvard grant essential for studying biological threats. This plea emerges amid Harvard's lawsuit against the Trump administration over a funding freeze that affects $2.2 billion in grants, deemed as punitive for the university's non-compliance with certain demands. The official emphasized that Harvard's AMPHORA program, at a crucial stage of research, is vital for understanding emerging biological threats, which has significant implications for national security.
Harvard is currently the top performing team on the AMPHORA program. Inadequate knowledge of the biological threat landscape poses grave and immediate harm to national security.
The freezing of federal funds amounts to final closure on critical research projects that were aligned with national interests, like those addressing emerging biological threats.
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