Harvard research grants are reserved for those associated with the school.
Harvard University offers two types of research grants. There are those awarded to faculty members and those awarded to students at the graduate and undergraduate level. Grants awarded to faculty members generally fund long-term field research projects while those awarded to students are for summer vacation research, fellowships, international travel or employment. Research grants for students and academics associated with Harvard are available from a seemingly limitless supply of departments and endowed funds.
Cultural Research Grants
Harvard grants for cultural research are available in a number of areas. The Ariadne Undergraduate Summer Travel Grants to Greece is available to undergraduate students conducting research for a senior thesis. Other international travel and cultural research grant for undergraduate students are available from the Asia Center, Committee on African Studies, the Korea Institute and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The Asia Center also funds faculty research projects. Faculty and student research grants are available through the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Medical Research Grants
Harvard Medical School awards grants through funds donated by grant making foundations. Eligible faculty members will be elected for a medical research grant by either Harvard Medical School or Harvard University. Undergraduate grants for medically related research include David Roux Fund Grants for projects clearly relating to global health, Four Directions Summer Research grants for projects involving Native American health and Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Programs funding provided by the Harvard Division for Medical Sciences.
Science Research Grants
Science research grants are awarded in fields engineering, biology, astrophysics, environmental sciences and ecological sciences. Grants for student research in these fields are awarded by FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Faculty grants in the sciences are awarded mostly by grant making foundations, not Harvard itself.
Development and Public Service Research Grants
Development and public service grants are awarded for research that shows a commitment to working toward the greater good. The Middle East Initiative awards grants to Harvard faculty members undertaking research projects in areas deemed to be critically important to Iraq or Kuwait, including education reform, global warming, water security and technology transfer. The Kennedy School Center for International Development awards grants to faculty conducted scientific projects involving sustainable development. The Institute of Politics, Harvard Club's Summer Community Service Fellowships and Center for Public Interest Careers fund undergraduate public policy research or internships.
Other Research Fields
The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center awards faculty research grants for projects exploring the mathematics of sensing, exploitation and execution. Faculty theological or religious studies projects of merit are eligible for grant funding through the Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions. Areas of student research eligible for funding include architecture, anthropology, American history, music, education, government and law.
Tags: faculty members, awards grants, Harvard University, research projects, student research, those awarded
