Internal Funding Opportunities

Sponsors internal to Harvard University include support for a variety of disciplines.  The following funding opportunities are available for Harvard Affiliated faculty:

William F. Milton Fund -   The Milton Fund accepts applications and awards each fall.  The Milton Fund makes funds available to support research conducted  in the interest of, or for promoting, the physical and material welfare and prosperity of the human race (rather than its spiritual, intellectual, or aesthetic welfare); assist in the discovery and perfecting of any special means of alleviating or curing human disease; or investigate and determine the value or importance of any discovery or invention. Award amounts are typically $35,000 and are awarded for one year beginning on January 1st, annually.
Deadline:  Various / Fall Annually

The Office of the Provost - The Office of the Provost provides supports for various disciplines and collaborations in research. The major source of funding for faculty is the Provost Fund for Instructional Technology (PFIT) and encourages innovation and university collaboration in the area of academic computing.  The PFIT was established to fund university projects that promise to alter, improve, and experiement with the technology is used in teaching and learning. Categories of grants are offered to support a variety of research under the PFT umbrella.  Grant amount range from $2,000 toward developing online educational content to $50,000 in support of innovations in technology and teaching.
Deadline:  Various

Radcliffe Fellowship Program - The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study welcomes proposals from small groups of shocalrs (two to five) who have research interests or projects in common and wish to spend a year as fellows together purusing those aims.  The Institute encourages the inclusion of junior faculty.   Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. Stipends are funded up to $70,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses.
Deadline:  Various (Letter of Intent Due: May 1, 2009)

Tozier Fund - The Tozier fund is specified to be used in support of visual education in the sciences, with special consideration to be given to the geological, mineralogical, and geographical sciences.  Awards will be made to a maximum of $6,000 over any three-year period.  Both Junior and Senior Faculty are encouraged to apply.  The Committee on Faculty Research and Support administers this award and strongly encourages requests for matching funds and grants that make use of the Faculty Aide Program, student work-study program, and graudate students, rather than more costly alternatives. 
Deadline:  October 18

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs - The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs supports analytical research, principally in the social sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in related disciplines in the University's professional schools.  Eligible projects may address contemporary or historical topics, including rigorous policy analysis.  The Weatherhead Center offers a wide range of funding opportunities such as Discretionary Grants, Large Grants for Faculty Research Projects, Medium Grants for Faculty Conferences, and Small Grants for Faculty Research Projects and Author's Workshops. 
Deadline:  Various