The Canada Program invites proposals from Harvard faculty, departments, and schools across the University for research funding on a Canadian topic, of up to $20,000, or for support for hosting short-term visiting scholars, policy practitioners, and public figures who are engaged in US/Canadian comparative topics. Visiting Canadianists are welcome to present at Harvard faculty workshops or conferences, or to offer guest lectures for Harvard undergraduate and graduate students. The Canada Program has supported numerous visits by guests, whose presence on campus contributed...

Associates are unpaid affiliates—academics or practitioners—from outside institutions whose credentials and interests align with the mission and objectives of the Weatherhead Center. Associates may participate in activities such as scholarly collaboration with Weatherhead Faculty Associates, student mentorship, or they may lead a Center-sponsored seminar or study group.

Associates receive an unpaid, one-year renewable appointment that is subject to an initial approval and subsequent annual reappointment review by the Weatherhead Center Steering Committee. Associates must...

Please note: The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University is not accepting applications for new research clusters in Academic Year 2023–2024. Research clusters support international, transnational, global, and comparative social science research on contemporary or historical topics. New perspectives are especially welcome.

Our goal is to fund interdisciplinary clusters that take on big...

The Weatherhead Center invites applications to its Scholars Program for 2024–2025. This program offers visiting faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and experienced practitioners the opportunity to spend up to one academic year at Harvard.

Visiting Faculty

We will consider faculty in the social sciences from other universities and programs, as well as academics employed by think tanks.

Postdoctoral Fellows

We...

Highlights

• All Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center may apply for semester-leave grants.
  • Assistant- and associate-level Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center may apply for synergy semester leave grants requiring course development.
  • Tenure-track and senior Faculty Associates may apply for research-semester leaves with no course-development requirement.
• Within a seven-year time frame, Faculty Associates are eligible for one research-semester leave.

The Center...

The Weatherhead Center invites Center Faculty Associates to apply for research assistance from Harvard College undergraduates. These undergraduates hail from a variety of disciplines, and have research interests relating to the work of the Center. The Center can hold workshops run by its Graduate Student Associates to teach undergraduate research assistant candidates specific skills such as Excel, SSCI, LexisNexis, JSTOR, Stata, PowerPoint, OmniPage Pro, HeinOnline, EndNote, and WordStat, among others.

Who Is Eligible

Any Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate who...

Staff assistants provide a range of basic administrative support functions. Resident Faculty Associates of the Center may apply to receive staff support by buying into the Center’s support “pool.” This program is subject to staff and space availability, but the Center considers this support a priority.

Who Is Eligible

Faculty Associates who have offices at the Weatherhead Center may apply for staff support.

How to Apply

Interested Faculty Associates should contact the executive director, Erin Goodman.

Deadline

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Each year the Weatherhead Center awards a limited number of small grants for faculty research projects of up to $10,000 to individual scholars to conduct research relating to the core interests of the Center. 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.

Proposals for small research grants may include requests for Harvard graduate student research assistance,...

Rationale

Research in the social sciences has undergone significant changes in the past few decades. The complexity of the subject matter, the sophistication of methods and theories, and the demands for expertise and information to launch innovative research are increasing at a rapid pace.

Modern research requires teamwork, specialized expertise, and planning. Its financial demands also require administrative skills and access to major outside funding. Such endeavors are potentially risky as well. Ideas may not pan out, effort becomes dissipated, and funding may...

Highlights

• The Weatherhead Center supports faculty research projects with grants of up to $25,000.
• The Weatherhead Steering Committee evaluates the proposals.
• Within a three-year time frame, Faculty Associates are eligible for one medium grant of up to $25,000 for a research project.
• Faculty should be aware of other sources for research funds including the Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC).

Faculty Associates are eligible for medium grants for research that brings together faculty from...

Highlights

• The Weatherhead Center supports faculty-directed conferences with grants of up to $25,000.
• The Weatherhead Steering Committee evaluates the proposals.
• Within a three-year time frame, Faculty Associates are eligible for one medium grant of up to $25,000 for a conference.
• Faculty are encouraged to consider ways in which diversity in terms of international participation can enrich their scholarly conferences. To this end, faculty may include proposals for a “globalization supplement” of up to $3,000 that must be...

The Weatherhead Center guarantees the opportunity to hold a conference for an in-progress book manuscript to every Faculty Associate who is an assistant or associate professor. The purpose of these conferences is to gather expert assistance to critique and review texts still in draft. The Weatherhead Center awards up to $5,000 to tenure-track faculty who wish to conduct such a conference when it relates to the core research interests of the Center. This research focuses on international, transnational, global, and comparative national issues and may address contemporary or historical...

The Center provides funds for faculty-led seminars. The seminars may benefit the general Harvard community or small groups of scholars to discuss research relating to the core interests of the Center. 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. The Center's intention in funding these faculty-led seminars is to stimulate collaborative, cross-disciplinary research or...

Faculty Associates are encouraged to nominate students both for affiliation with the Weatherhead Center and for research grants available to graduate and undergraduate students through the Center. These affiliations and grants benefit approximately eighty graduate students and twenty undergraduates each year, contributing in substantial ways to student-faculty interaction and to student research.

Who Is Eligible

Students may be nominated by Faculty Associates to the Weatherhead Center Graduate Student Associate Program or for a number of student research grants....

Once per year, tenure-track faculty may request that the Center circulate copies of their published or unpublished work to as many as ten scholars in their research area. The Center will defray the cost of the purchase of the publications and pay for the mailings.

Who Is Eligible

Tenure-track faculty who are Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center may apply for assistance with the dissemination of their publications.

How to Apply

To apply for this service, provide one copy of the work for each of the recipients, the names and addresses...