In a continuing effort to enhance the information available to Harvard’s Faculty, the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity (FD&D) regularly posts information regarding University-funded research funding opportunities on our website. The content of this page will be updated frequently. We invite you to visit this page often for the most up to date announcements. Please note that larger University-funded opportunities are listed on seperate pages in the menu to the left.

The purpose of the China Fund is to support interdisciplinary research and teaching about and in China, focus Harvard’s considerable strengths in the field towards directly tackling challenges that face China; and improve communication and collaboration between Harvard’s Faculties and Schools and Chinese universities and research institutes.

Proposals may be in any field, but preference will be given to those projects that are interdisciplinary and novel. Priority will be given to projects that advance the research goals of Harvard faculty or improve the education of Harvard students. Collaborative projects which have the potential to be supported financially by Chinese universities or other relevant institutions are welcome. Harvard China Fund expects to fund several proposals at the $150,000 to $250,000 range, and encourages applicants to consider this support as seed money or to seek matching funds.

The competition is open to all Harvard faculty at the assistant, associate or full professorial rank who will be continuing at the University in that capacity for the duration of the project and who can demonstrate the endorsement of their school, department, or program for this project. Preliminary proposals including a one-page project summary and one-page preliminary budget are due at the beginning of March each year.

For more information: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcf/

With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), funds are being made available across the full range of federal agencies for special, two-year awards relating to President Obama's recovery plan. A web page has been developed by the office of Dr. David Korn, Vice Provost for Research, to provide up-to-date information about opportunities of interest to Harvard principal investigators and administrators.

Visit the web page here: http://research.harvard.edu.

The Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration was developed to promote faculty discussion and collaboration on topics and activities of mutual intellectual interest that involve two or more Faculties. The Provost has limited funds to support grants of up to $25,000 for cross-faculty collaborations, including but not limited to courses, time-delimited research projects, small-scale conferences, and working groups.

More information: http://www.provost.harvard.edu/funding/interfaculty_collaboration.php

HGSE participates in the Presidential Instructional Technology Fellow (PITF) program. PITFs help faculty identify and implement appropriate technological solutions to meet pedagogic goals and to enhance the teaching and learning in a course, with a principal focus on the creation or conversion of digital content. The PITF program seeks to facilitate broad and pedagogically meaningful applications of technology to teaching and learning across the curriculum. For more information or to apply for PITF assistance, please contact Kristin Lofblad, Manager of Instructional and Research Technology (kristin_lofblad@gse.harvard.edu).

More information: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k1865

Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields or in the creative arts. Stipends are funded up to $70,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year. Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so they may devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal.

For more information, including the online application form: http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowship_program.aspx

Multiple funding opportunities exist through DRCLAS for investigators who are interested in research and collaboration within Latin America. These opportunities include individual research grants, collaborative research grants, and research conference grants.

For more information, including application forms and submission deadlines: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/faculty/grants

The Technology Development Accelerator Fund was established to overcome what is known as the “development gap,” a classic obstacle or limitation of academic research which may prevent such research from reaching fruition and translation. Through the Accelerator, we hope to expedite the development of greater numbers of investment- and venture-grade technologies, thereby increasing the flow of Harvard-originated technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace.

More information: http://www.otd.harvard.edu/inventions/acceleratorfund/

The Center awards faculty seed grants to support preliminary explorations of environmental issues that show promise for further scholarship. The awards are intended to seed exciting and innovative projects that could not otherwise be tackled. They are available through a competition open to all Harvard faculty members, regardless of any past affiliation with the Center. A portion of the funding will be reserved for faculty members who have not done prior environmental research. The Center has awarded 26 faculty seed grants since 2003 worth a total of $800,000.

For more information: http://environment.harvard.edu/resources/frf.htm