As the US government slashes Harvard University’s funding, the damage to research at the school is becoming clearer. Nature has learnt that researchers at the university have lost nearly 1,000 grants worth more than US$2.4 billion.

The cut to Harvard’s federal funding was again linked to alleged failures to tackle antisemitism, and brings the total losses in recent weeks to over $2.7 billion.

The administration targeted Harvard — and other elite schools — as part of a broader political and legal strategy to reshape academia’s race-based admissions policies and perceived liberal bias.