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Greetings,
We are excited to share this funding opportunity from Harvard Impact Labs, a University-wide initiative that supports Harvard faculty in developing solutions to pressing social problems in collaboration with government, nonprofits, and the private sector. The initiative will enable more faculty to conduct rigorous, solutions-focused research, and help those already doing this work to pursue promising new directions. Harvard Impact Labs is accepting applications from Harvard faculty members for Impact Lab Development Fellowships and Public Service Leaves. More information about these awards can be found in the synopsis and links below. For a full list of currently open opportunities that have been announced through our office, please visit our new Current Opportunities web page. As a reminder, our Research Development team is available to provide proposal development support to FAS ladder faculty.
- Deadline: June 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
- Award Amount: Up to $25,000 in seed funding over a 9-month fellowship
- Eligibility: All Harvard faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, or full-time Professors of the Practice or Professors in Residence are eligible to apply.
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Program Overview
- The 9-month Fellowship for 8-10 Harvard faculty provides training, coaching, and support to conceptualize new research projects that seek to develop and test concrete solutions to a social problem in collaboration with external practitioners.
- Fellows participate in a monthly 3-hour activity- and discussion-based workshop.
- Development Fellowships also provide one-on-one coaching and access to a community of practice with other faculty from across the University.
- Application Information
- Competitive applicants will have a strong motivation to connect their research and expertise with practical approaches to achieving public impact and curiosity for how best to engage with partners to co-create strategies to address a particular social problem.
- Virtual interviews will be conducted in June and July 2026 for Fellows selection. Successful applicants will be notified in August 2026. Fellowships begin in September 2026.
- Submit an application to the 2026 Impact Lab Development Fellowship.
- Review fellowship FAQs or learn about 2025-2026 fellowship recipients.
- For questions not addressed in the FAQs, please contact ImpactLabFellowship@hks.harvard.edu.
- Deadline: September 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
- Award Amount: Up to $175,000 for salary and benefits
- Eligibility: All Harvard faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, or full-time Professors of the Practice or Professors in Residence are eligible to apply. Applicants must have the consent of their department Chair and Dean (or their equivalent) in order to receive this funding.
- Program Overview
- Public Service Leaves provide funding to enable Harvard faculty to take a leave to work in government or a nonprofit organization.
- Awards of up to $175,000 will be provided to cover faculty salary and benefits for one semester. Faculty are encouraged, but not required, to combine this funding with any available sabbatical credit to enable faculty to extend their leaves for a full year.
- Limited support for travel and housing may also be available, but total support including salary, benefits, and other expenses is capped at $175,000.
- Harvard Impact Labs expects most applications submitted in 2026 will be for leave in academic year 2027-2028. Applicants interested in a leave either before or after academic year 2027-2028 should contact the Impact Labs before submitting a proposal.
- Application Information
Additional Information and Resources
Interested faculty applicants are encouraged to attend a virtual information session to learn more about the Harvard Impact Lab Fellowship and Public Service Leaves programs:
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MAILING LISTS
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RESOURCES
Research Development maintains a Sample Proposal Library of successful proposals from recent award recipients that are available to FAS and SEAS faculty by request; please email Research Development to request to view a proposal. For more information on Research Development's resources—including lists of internal funding programs, early career funding programs, and sabbatical fellowships—please visit the Funding Opportunities web page.
SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PIVOT
All Harvard affiliates can search for opportunities and set up alerts using Pivot, a searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities. Information on Pivot, including a one-page user guide, and other funding opportunity databases available to the Harvard community can be found on the Funding Databases web page.
PIVOT CURATED SEARCHES
Curated funding opportunity lists are funding search topics of broad interest. The following curated lists can be further refined in Pivot based on your funding needs. To view the results you must be on a Harvard network or logged in to your Pivot account. Information on setting up a Pivot account can be found in our one-page user guide.
Additional curated lists are available on the Funding Databases web page. We continue to add to and refine these lists based on feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at research_development@fas.harvard.edu with any suggestions you may have. |
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