A federal judge allowed most of a whistleblower lawsuit against Harvard to proceed, letting claims alleging misuse of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funds move forward. The case, filed by David S. Zielinski, targets Harvard and a Harvard Catalyst principal investigator, Lee M. Nadler, over alleged repurposing or abandoning of promised research work. U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun rejected Harvard’s motion to dismiss in part, discarding one count but allowing two claims to advance. The court’s framing emphasized that, at the pleading stage, Harvard’s arguments did not make the allegations implausible—particularly where the intent was described as keeping NIH “in the dark” from the truth.