Trump considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grants, giving them to trade schools

[groundloop]

Source: Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools across the United States.

His comments, which were made on his social media platform Truth Social, come less than a week after his administration sought to block the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students.

Trump has frozen some $3 billion in federal grants to Harvard in recent weeks, leading the university to sue to restore the funding.

Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research, however, which is not typically done at trade schools.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-hes-considering-taking-3-billion-grants-harvard-giving-it-trade-2025-05-26/

[Paladin]

1. Harvard will still be around, long after trump is nothing more than a shameful memory. (nt)

[Deuxcents]

2. Hmmm...sounds like communism or is it socialism?

[paleotn]

3. All because Baron isn't smart enough to get in.

Well, his genetics are kind of crappy if that played any part.

[SSJVegeta]

4. Why does harvard have 3 billions dollars in grants?

[wishstar]

5. Grant money from the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research

as stated in the OP: "Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research, however, which is not typically done at trade schools."

[DENVERPOPS]

12. The MAGAots

want worker bees, not scholarly intellectuals and top ranking attorneys........................

[LisaL]

9. Because Harvard has a lot of scientists doing research.

These scientists are expected to apply for grants to organizations such as NIH to carry out this research. Research in the fields of cancer, heart disease, infectious disease, etc. Investigators from all the universities in the country compete for these grants.

[iemanja]

15. They won them through competition

Since they have so many of the world’s leading researchers. Trade schools do not.

[SSJVegeta]

16. So what you guys are basically telling me, is stuff like cancer research, mental health research, etc..

My be scrapped so we can train more plumbers and electricians?

[iemanja]

17. It's worse than that

Trump wants the plumbers and electricians to do the cancer research.

[SSJVegeta]

18. Well that sounds. Fine?

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[mucifer]

6. Much better than giving it to billionaires So

I doubt that will actually happen.

[LisaL]

8. Grants are awarded for specific scientific projects.

Investigators who are applying have equipment (very expensive), scientific background (lots of knowledge) and experience to do the proposed research. The trades schools won't be able to carry out any of the research that the grants are given for.

[LiberalArkie]

7. "Trump Training Schools" maybe. Trump branded trade schools

[BaronChocula]

13. Groundbreaking in 205never

He'd keep the cash. Then find a way to lose it.

[ToxMarz]

10. They should support trade schools

But there isn't a great deal of research going on there, they aren't inventing new technologies and breaking scientific barriers. They are learning to do specific taks/trades that employers and society have demand for and typically need to be learned with a lot of hands on experience and attention to detail.

[JoseBalow]

11. In other news, drumpf is opening a trade school

[cstanleytech]

14. Misappropriation of funds.

[question everything]

19. Are there individuals interested in trade schools or will they stay empty like factories?

Or is the idea for reeducation like Chairman Mao?

[orangecrush]

20. Little Stalin

[FakeNoose]

21. Alumni endowment and bequests to Harvard have made it one of the wealthiest universities in the world

Chump is trying to nickel and dime Harvard with his stupid political "pet tricks" ... but seriously, Harvard has more wealth than many countries. Right now Harvard's endowment is valued at over $53 billion, which means Harvard could buy and sell the Chump family 10 times over.

Archived (no paywall) link: https://archive.ph/Jla2T

Original NYT link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/business/harvard-endowment-trump.html