Grants for Faculty Conferences

Grants for Faculty Conferences

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
Amount: Approximately US $28,000
Last Updated: February 14, 2026

Summary

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs offers grants of up to $25,000 for faculty-directed conferences, encouraging diversity and international participation. Faculty Associates can apply for one grant within three years, with a focus on advancing analytical research. Proposals should align with the Center's core interests in global issues. Additionally, a globalization supplement of up to $3,000 is available to support scholars' participation from outside North America and Europe.

Overview

Grants for Faculty Conferences 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 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 used to facilitate the participation of scholars from outside North America and Europe. Faculty are encouraged to utilize audio and video conferencing to control the cost of airfares and accommodations. The Weatherhead Center encourages faculty-directed conferences, particularly those with expected research results. The Weatherhead Center provides logistical and organizational support for conferences, as well as financial assistance, to bring scholars and practitioners to Harvard from around the country and the world to participate with Harvard faculty in conferences and workshops designed to advance analytical research. Typically, Center funds cover travel and hotel expenses for speakers, conference space, meals, materials, and the use of web-based tools and websites for collaboration and dissemination of research papers. Proposals for conferences should relate 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.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Only Faculty Associates of the Weatherhead Center may apply for conference funding, but the conference may include other scholars and practitioners from inside and outside of Harvard.Please note that only current ladder faculty are eligible to receive faculty funding from the Weatherhead Center.

Ineligibility

The Center does not normally support projects with conferences that meet every year; in general, the expectation is that such endeavors will seek external funding.