Graduate Student Grants

Our Weatherhead Research Clusters frequently offer funding opportunities for Harvard graduate students. Linked below are the opportunities currently available. Business and Government Research Grants Identity and Conflict Research Grants If you have any...

The Weatherhead Center invites applications to its Scholars Program for 2026–2027. This program offers visiting scholars, postdoctoral researchers, and experienced practitioners the opportunity to spend up to one academic year at Harvard. Please review...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only. The Weatherhead Center awards Dissertation Writing Grants to support advanced Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or in the professional...

For Harvard and non-Harvard postdoctoral scholars. Pending approval from the University, a few postdoctoral fellowships are offered each year by the Program on US-Japan Relations for the study of issues in US-Japan relations, Japan's relations with other...

This program is open to recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences. The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to promoting innovative social science hand-in-hand with deepening our shared knowledge of...

For Harvard graduate students only. Pre-dissertation grants are awarded to doctoral students who are pre-prospectus, have recently passed preliminary exams, and who are exploring or beginning to launch research on a project related to the core research...

For Harvard applicants only. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs offers grants to support workshops and conferences at which graduate students are presenting their research. The research presented must relate to the interests of the Center, i...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only. The Graduate Student Associates (GSA) program is one of the Center's oldest and most valued programs. Directed by Erez Manela, professor of history and Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate, the...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only. Foreign language study grants are available to students for summer language-study abroad after their G1, G2, or G3 years. Applicants must show the importance of the foreign language for their...

For Harvard graduate students only. The Canada Program, funded by the William Lyon Mackenzie King endowment, examines Canadian economic, social, cultural, and political issues in their domestic and international dimensions. The program comprises a seminar...