Officials are seeking information about funding from Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Qatar, and Iran, claiming national security concerns. : Foreign funding has placed Harvard and Yale in the crosshairs of a Department of Education investigation. In an ongoing review, officials have discovered that US universities have neglected to report at least $6.5 billion that have come from countries like China and Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Universities in the US are mandated to report all foreign contracts and gifts that — separately or combined — amount to $250,000 or more in a calendar year.