Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk Thirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions. Harvard, the Massachusetts…
The Pentagon has threatened to cut federal funding to 30 US universities if they do not review and sever foreign academic partnerships deemed a national security risk. The directive, targeting alliances with Chinese institutions, demands the universities conduct and report reviews by August 31. Institutions under scrutiny include Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Cornell, and others such as the University of California, Berkeley, and New York University.
The reviews aim to prevent unauthorized technology transfers, intellectual-property theft, and exploitation by foreign adversaries. The order follows the Pentagon's previous release of a list of 130 foreign universities and research institutions it identifies as increasing the risk of misappropriated US-funded research. Most of these are Chinese institutions, though several Russian and Iranian ones are also listed.
Critics argue the administration's scrutiny of US universities targets diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, as seen in last November's potential suspension of 36 universities over hiring policies.
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