#  Opportunities for Faculty 

 



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*Credit: Lauren McLaughlin*The Center has a longstanding commitment to support analytical research in the social sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in related disciplines in the University's professional schools. This research focuses on international, transnational, global, and comparative national issues and may address contemporary or historical topics, including rigorous policy analysis, as well as the study of specific countries and regions outside the United States. Projects eligible for funding must address these topics.

Among our successful initiatives of recent years are:

- an opportunity for tenure-track Faculty Associates to hold a book conference on a soon-to-be-published manuscript;
- the Research Incubation Fund, which supports faculty in their preparation of major research proposals for outside funding agencies or foundations; and
- an emphasis on using videoconferencing to lower financial cost.

The Center strives to cultivate the generation of new ideas and to encourage discussions within and across scholarly disciplines. Our goal is to foster a vibrant research community of Weatherhead Center-affiliated faculty across the University.



 

##  Available Grants and Other Resources 

 



  [### Canada Program Funding For Harvard Faculty, Departments, and Schools

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   [### Discretionary Grants

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   [### Dissemination of Publications for Tenure-Track Faculty

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   [### Faculty Nominations for Graduate Student Associates and Student Research Grants

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   [### Faculty Nominations for Weatherhead Center Associates

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   [### Grants for Faculty Conferences

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   [### Grants for Faculty-Led Seminars

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   [### Grants for Tenure-Track Faculty Book Manuscript Conferences

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   [### Medium Grants for Faculty Research Projects

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   [### Research Incubation Fund

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   [### Small Grants for Faculty Research Projects

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   [### Tenure-Track Faculty Synergy Semesters and Faculty Research-Semester Leaves in International Affairs

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   [### Undergraduate Research Assistants to Faculty Associates

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   [### Weatherhead Research Clusters

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   [### Weatherhead Scholars Program 

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