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### Harvard's federal relations team in Cambridge and Washington, D.C. works to maintain a positive and ongoing relationship between Harvard and the Congressional and Executive branches of government.

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###  Washington Updates 

 



  [### President Trump Releases FY27 Budget Request

 ](/news/2026/04/president-trump-releases-fy27-budget-request) April 06, 2026 

 

   [### Concerns about DHS Risk Triggering Partial Government Shutdown

 ](/news/2026/01/concerns-about-dhs-risk-triggering-partial-government-shutdown) January 29, 2026 

 

   [### Congress Moves to Finalize FY26 Appropriations

 ](/news/2026/01/congress-moves-finalize-fy26-appropriations) January 23, 2026 

 

   [### Congress Wraps Up 2025

 ](/news/2025/12/congress-wraps-2025) December 19, 2025 

 

   [### House Republican Leaders Unveil 7-week Stopgap Funding Bill

 ](/news/2025/09/house-republican-leaders-unveil-7-week-stopgap-funding-bill) September 18, 2025 

 

   [### Congress Contends with FY26 Deadlines

 ](/news/2025/09/congress-contends-fy26-deadlines) September 09, 2025 

 

  

 

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##  News from the Harvard Gazette 

 



  [### Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel

 ](/news/bionic-leaf-turns-sunlight-liquid-fuel) June 02, 2016 

 

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   [### Alzheimer’s insights in single cells

 ](/news/alzheimer%E2%80%99s-insights-single-cells) February 03, 2016 

 

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   [### 4D-printed structure changes shape when placed in water

 ](/news/4d-printed-structure-changes-shape-when-placed-water) January 25, 2016 

 

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##  Multimedia 

 



  [### Service: Cambridge to Capitol Hill

 ](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/10/service2009/)A Harvard education includes a healthy dose of service, as illustrated by students working in positions from Cambridge to Capitol Hill.



 

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  [### Harvard Stem Cell Institute - First 5 years

 ](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/11/hcsi-5/)What has the Harvard Stem Cell Institute accomplished in its first 5 years?



 

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  [### Harvard's green commitment

 ](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/10/harvards-green-commitment/)Harvard's fall 2008 sustainability celebration included panels, tours, fairs, film screening, coffee-house style discussions - and the very convenient appearance of former Vice President.



 

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##  Close The Innovation Deficit 

The innovation deficit is the gap between actual and necessary federal investments in research and higher education. At a time when other nations such as China, India and Singapore are dramatically boosting research funding to develop the next great technological and medical breakthroughs, the share of the US budget devoted to research has been declining. This video explains the link between basic research and economic growth, and the risk that recent cuts pose to the United States' role as the global innovation leader.



 

  

 



 

 

 

### Close the Innovation Deficit 

 

The innovation deficit is the gap between actual and necessary federal investments in research and higher education. At a time when other nations such as China, India and Singapore are dramatically boosting research funding to develop the next great technological and medical breakthroughs, the share of the US budget devoted to research has been declining. This video explains the link between basic research and economic growth, and the risk that recent cuts pose to the United States' role as the global innovation leader.



 [Watch on Youtube chevron\_right](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0Gcsi5820) 

 



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