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Harvard's FlyBase Faces Cuts Amid Funding Crisis

9/16/2025

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Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences will end interim funding for FlyBase in October.
A judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to Harvard researchers, but the funds remain unreleased.
FlyBase, essential for genetic research, has laid off eight positions due to funding cuts.
The database, vital for the biomedical research community, receives 770,000 monthly page views.
Crowdfunding efforts have raised under $100,000, with a $1 million goal needed for sustainability.

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Story summary

Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences will end interim funding for FlyBase in October.
A judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to Harvard researchers, but the funds remain unreleased.
FlyBase, essential for genetic research, has laid off eight positions due to funding cuts.
The database, vital for the biomedical research community, receives 770,000 monthly page views.
Crowdfunding efforts have raised under $100,000, with a $1 million goal needed for sustainability.