A Guide to Finding Funding

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Overview

Funding to pursue your passions

We encourage you to explore the many funding resources that are available to you at Harvard in addition to need-based financial aid. The list that follows will give you a sense of the impressive possibilities and point you to resources and next steps. The resources below are grouped into four broad areas: public service, research and learning, international travel, and career opportunities. Dedicated staff members across the College are prepared to help you design your Harvard experience.

Public Service

Over the course of Harvard College’s history, graduates have upheld a commitment to making the world a better place for others. The decision to devote yourself to public interest or government work represents ideals fundamental to Harvard’s mission, and many grants and opportunities for funding can help to make this choice more accessible.

• Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC) Internships: CPIC focuses on student development, alumni/ae engagement, and partnerships that serve community needs.
• IOP Director Positions: The Institute of Politics (IOP) partners with prominent organizations and elected officials worldwide to provide fully-funded, career-focused summer internships. Internships are available for undergraduate students interested in politics, government, and public service.
• IOP Stipend Positions: The Institute of Politics (IOP) offers funding for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors to pursue non- or low-paying summer internships in government, public interest, non-governmental organizations, and political organizations and campaigns. International internships must have a government affiliation.
• CPIC: Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship: This fellowship provides a stipend to selected students working in public interest law positions during the summer.
• Harvard Club Summer Internships:Some Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups raise funds to support student public service projects.
• PBHA Summer Urban Program (SUP):PBHA’s SUP is a network of 12 community-based summer camps across Boston and Cambridge.
• Mignone Center for Career Success (MCS) Public Service Grants: MCS provides grants for students interested in pursuing a domestic public service opportunity.
• Harvard Public Service Network: The Public Service Network (PSN), affiliated with the Phillips Brooks House, encompasses over 45 programs. These programs offer opportunities for students to work alongside community organizations and schools that provide health, educational and advocacy services.
• Presidential Public Service Fellowship Program (PPSF): Harvard’s PPSF program supports a broad range of summer-long opportunities that serve the common good.

Research and Learning

At Harvard, you’ll have opportunities to conduct research alongside world-renowned faculty. Whether you choose to embark on your own research or assist with a faculty project, funding as available.

• The Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Office (URAF) is Harvard College’s hub for undergraduate research grants. URAF administers ten research programs of its own and hosts a comprehensive database of opportunities. The office also provides tips for finding opportunities, writing applications, and securing funding.
• The Faculty Aide Program is a good place to start. This program subsidizes up to $1,500 in student wages as a way to encourage professors to hire undergraduate research assistants.

The following list highlights some of the many research grants and opportunities available.

• Summer Residential Research Programs

Students who participate in these programs receive room and board to live on campus during the summer as a part of a vibrant research community.

• PRISE – Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering
• BLISS – Harvard College Building Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences
• PRIMO – Harvard Business School/Harvard College Program for Research in Markets and Organizations
• SHARP – Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program
• Harvard Amgen Scholars Program
• PCER - Program in Community Engaged Research
• SURGH - Summer Undergraduate Research in Global Health
• SPUDS - Summer Program for Undergraduates in Data Science
• FAS Center for Systems Biology Undergraduate Summer Internship

• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

• FAS Center for Systems Biology

• Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
• SEAS Research Experience for Undergraduates

• Domestic Research Funding

• HCRP - Harvard College Research Program

• Center for American Political Studies
• Charles Warren Center for American History
• Committee on Ethnicity, Migration and Rights
• Harvard Center for the Environment
• Harvard Forest Summer Program
• Harvard Stem Cell Institute
• Herchel Smith Undergraduate Science Research Program
• Mind, Brain and Behavior
• Microbial Sciences Initiative
• Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Saloma Fund for Government

• International Research Funding

• Asia Center

• Center for Hellenic Studies
• Center for Jewish Studies
• Davis Center
• Korea Institute
• Harvard College Research Program
• Harvard Global Health Institute: International Internship in Global Health and Summer Undergraduate Research
• South Asia Institute
• Ukrainian Research Institute
• Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

International Travel

International study is an enriching experience, but financing study abroad can seem daunting. Funding is available for many options, including study at a foreign university, participation in humanitarian relief efforts, and internships.

There are different ways to include an international experience into your Harvard career. Students who receive grant assistance from Harvard can transfer their financial aid to an approved term-time study abroad program. You'd prefer to do a summer program? The Harvard Summer School may be able to help. Or you could design your own travel experience during summer or winter break. However you choose to do it, funding can make international study experiences possible.

Start your search at the Mignone Center for Career Success (MCS) and the Office of International Education. Below you'll find a selection of offices and programs that offer grants for international travel, organized by location.

• Africa

• Center for African Studies

• Asia

• Asia Center

• Edwin O Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
• Fairbank Center
• Harvard China Fund
• Korea Institute
• South Asia Institute

• Europe

• Center for European Studies

• Center for Hellenic Studies
• Davis Center
• Ukrainian Research Institute

• Latin America and Caribbean

• David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

• Middle East and North Africa

• Center for Middle Eastern Studies

• Multiple Locations

• FXB Field Education Internship Program

• Harvard Global Health Institute: International Internship in Global Health and Summer Undergraduate Research
• Romance Languages and Literature – Dressler and Diaco grants
• Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
• Weissman International Internship Program
• Harvard Alumni Association Spring Break Trips

Career Opportunities

Whether you are looking for a term-time job, trying to secure a summer internship, or are exploring potential career paths, we’re here to help.

• Student Employment Office (SEO) Jobs Database: On- and off-campus employers list summer and term-time jobs on the SEO Jobs Database. You can use this database to browse opportunities and apply to full-time, part-time, and intermittent jobs.
• Federal Work-Study Program (FWSP): If you are eligible for FWSP (check your financial aid letter), this program can subsidize your wages for jobs, making you a better candidate.
• Mignone Center for Career Success (MCS): MCS is your hub for programs and resources to help you explore careers, find jobs, and investigate graduate school options.
• Crimson Careers Database: This database is available to current students and alumni who want to find opportunities or post available positions.
• Harvard Alumni Association (HAA): The HAA maintains and enhances an engaged, vibrant community of alumni and friends worldwide.
• Harvard Student Agencies (HSA): HSA provides Harvard students with meaningful opportunities for employment and hands-on business education.
• Global Networking Night: This biennial event brings alumni together for a fun networking event.
• January ‘Winternships': Many students use Wintersession (the week before spring term begins) to pursue an internship in a field that interests them.

Opportunities After Graduation

Seniors may consider applying for fellowships and scholarships to fund graduate study, travel, public service, research, and other experiences after graduation. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URAF) administers both Harvard-specific and national opportunities and helps advise students exploring the wide of array of possibilities. Learn more about postgraduate funding opportunities on URAF’s website.