Public Interest Technology University Network Year 4 Challenge
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: April 24, 2022
FAS/SEAS/OSP Full Proposal Deadline (if nominated): June 15, 2022
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline (if nominated): June 24, 2022
Award Amount: Tranche 1: up to $90,000; Tranche 2: $90,001 to $180,00. Of the three new proposals Harvard may submit, only one proposal can be in the $90,001 to $180,000 tranche.
The Public Interest Technology University Network, (PIT-UN), is a partnership of colleges and universities committed to educating students who can better apply technical understanding and practice to questions of individual rights, justice, social welfare, and the public good, particularly for those members of our society least well served historically and today by existing systems and policies.
Proposals are requested for projects addressing any of the following four priority areas:
- Educational Offerings
- Career Pipeline/ Placement
- Faculty & Institution Building
- Strengthening the PIT University Network
Harvard University is a charter member of the PIT-UN program, and may submit up to three new proposals to this opportunity. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is facilitating an internal application and review process to select nominees. Those interested in securing the Harvard nomination for a new proposal must submit an internal pre-proposal via the link above.
The PIT-UN full proposal will ask applicants to describe how the institution has demonstrated buy-in for the project to help sustain the project’s impact, and an institutional letter of support will be required. While the internal proposal does not require an institutional letter, the internal proposal will ask applicants to confirm that they have begun conversations with the requisite administrators or leadership regarding the necessary institutional support.
Projects that have received prior funding from the PIT-UN Challenge in 2019, 2020, or 2021 and are applying for additional funding to continue and/or scale their projects do not need to apply for the Harvard nomination as those proposals do not count against the institutional limit.
More information on the PIT-UN challenge can be found at https://pitcases.org/challenge/.