For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only.

The Weatherhead Center will award additional dissertation writing and research grants for AY2021–2022 to support advanced Harvard graduate students (G5–G7) in doctoral programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or in the professional schools. The purpose of the Weatherhead Center Dissertation Writing & Research Grant is to support students whose writing and/or research plans were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards

The Center plans to offer awards of approximately $15,...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only.

This program provides small grants of up to $4,000 for Harvard doctoral students (G3 and above) in the social sciences whose dissertations focus on international topics and require fieldwork abroad, and whose field access has been disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds are intended for immediate use, to help such students cover the costs of research-related assistance/activities in the field so that they are able to bring their projects to completion. Need is an important criterion; preference will be shown...

The Weatherhead Center invites applications to its Scholars Program for 2021–2022. This new 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

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only.

The Weatherhead Center awards Dissertation Writing Grants to support advanced Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or in the professional schools. The purpose of the Weatherhead Center Dissertation Writing Grant is to release students from one semester of teaching in order to allow them to fully focus on writing their dissertation without the burden of teaching or other employment.

Awards

The Center plans to offer up to eight awards of...

For Harvard and non-Harvard postdoctoral scholars.

A few postdoctoral fellowships are offered each year by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations for the study of issues in US-Japan relations, Japan's relations with other countries, and domestic issues that bear on Japan’s international behavior.

Awards and Benefits

The stipend is $60,000, and the Postdoctoral Fellows are offered shared office space at the Center and access to Harvard facilities.

Who Is Eligible

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For all Harvard and non-Harvard recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law.

The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and history or culture of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada. Their scholarship may...

For Harvard graduate students only.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard’s policy is as follows: All University-related travel, both international and domestic, is prohibited until further notice and should not be planned or scheduled at this time. We also strongly discourage personal travel, both international and domestic. Note that international travel is defined as the crossing of any national border.

Pre-dissertation grants are awarded to doctoral students who are pre-prospectus, have recently passed preliminary...

Students and friends of Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) have established a prize in the amount of $10,000 for the best book published each year in the field of national security. The book can be a work of history or political science, or a work by a practitioner of statecraft. The prize will not be awarded if the Huntington Prize Committee judges that the submissions in a given year do not meet the high standards set by Samuel P. Huntington.

The Huntington Prize Committee is pleased to solicit nominations for books published in 2020.

Deadline

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For Harvard applicants only.

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs offers grants to support graduate student workshops and conferences. The research presented must relate to the interests of the Center, i.e., research focused on international, transnational, global, and comparative issues.

Grants

Grants generally range from $500 to $2,500, but the Center will consider larger requests. The Center is willing to cosponsor workshops and conferences with other departments or centers.

Terms

The students...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only.

The Graduate Student Associates (GSA) program is one of the Center's oldest and most valued programs. Directed by Erez Manela, professor of history and Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate, the program welcomes applicants from any of Harvard's graduate and professional schools. The Center currently supports twenty-four doctoral candidates from advanced degree programs that include African and African American studies, anthropology, architecture and urban planning, education, government, history, history of science, law...

For Harvard graduate students in doctoral programs only.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard’s policy is as follows: All University-related travel, both international and domestic, is prohibited until further notice and should not be planned or scheduled at this time. We also strongly discourage personal travel, both international and domestic. Note that international travel is defined as the crossing of any national border.

Foreign language study grants are available to students for summer language-study abroad after their G1, G2,...

For Harvard graduate students only.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard’s policy is as follows: All University-related travel, both international and domestic, is prohibited until further notice and should not be planned or scheduled at this time. We also strongly discourage personal travel, both international and domestic. Note that international travel is defined as the crossing of any national border.

The Canada Program, funded by the William Lyon Mackenzie King endowment, examines Canadian economic, social, cultural, and...