#  Opportunities for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars 

 



   ![Nine graduate students in red and black caps and robes pose at graduation ceremony.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2025-06/grad-students-graduate-small-16x9.jpg?itok=Hjztbw4i) 

 

*Courtesy of Shelby Carvalho*The Center welcomes applications from graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in various disciplines whose research involves important international, transnational, global, and comparative national issues that may address contemporary or historical topics, including rigorous policy analysis, as well as the study of specific countries and regions outside the United States.

The Weatherhead Center has been fortunate to receive significant financial support for student research. The generous gifts of Albert and Celia Weatherhead, for whom the Center was renamed in 1998, assist the operation of the Center generally and student programs in particular.

Weatherhead Center research funds enrich our scholarly community by supporting postdoctoral fellows through various programs and research clusters. These funds may be used to cover travel, lodging, meals, **short-term** childcare during travel, and other costs in support of scholarly activities.



 

##  Available Grants and Opportunities 

 



  [### Canada Program Fellowships for Dissertation Research

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   [### Dissertation Writing Grants

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   [### Foreign Language Study Grants

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   [### Graduate Student Associates Program

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   [### Grants for Graduate Student Workshops and Conferences

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   [### Pre- and Mid-Dissertation Grants

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   [### Research Cluster Grants for Graduate Students

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   [### The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies—Academy Scholars Program

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   [### US-Japan Program Postdoctoral Fellowships

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   [### Weatherhead Scholars Program 

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