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Har­vard has received over $1.1 bil­lion in for­eign fund­ing since 2012, per an ini­tial Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion report.

The DOE report — released Tues­day — exam­ined Har­vard and oth­er uni­ver­si­ties’ com­pli­ance with for­eign fund­ing cri­te­ria. Its release comes as depart­ment offi­cials are inves­ti­gat­ing Harvard’s fund­ing from con­tracts or gifts con­nect­ed to the gov­ern­ments of Chi­na, Iran, Rus­sia, Qatar, and Sau­di Arabia.

Under Sec­tion 117 of the High­er Edu­ca­tion Act of 1965, Amer­i­can uni­ver­si­ties are required to dis­close all dona­tions of over $250,000 from a for­eign source.