Grants for Independent Projects for Undergraduates

Funder: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University provides grants of up to $1,000 for Harvard undergraduates to initiate programs focused on international affairs. These grants support activities like speaker series, special seminars, or conferences that enhance the undergraduate community's engagement with global issues. Eligible applicants include undergraduate organizations and student groups aiming to foster new initiatives. The Center prioritizes projects that do not receive other funding and encourages innovative ideas.

The Weatherhead Center offers Harvard College undergraduates financial resources to independently organize programs that address their interests related to 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. Funding can be used to support a speaker series; study groups; special seminars with faculty or visiting scholars; conferences with an explicit undergraduate focus; and other programs related to international affairs that directly benefit the Harvard undergraduate community.
Grants up to a maximum of $1,000 are available.

Eligibility

For Harvard undergraduates only.Undergraduate organizations and student groups that need funds to support activities related to international affairs that directly benefit the undergraduate community may apply. Applications should indicate all other requests being made concurrently for funding. The Weatherhead Center prefers to support events that do not qualify for other funding. The Center also prefers to support new initiatives.

Ineligibility

The Center will not fund activities on an annual basis.