The Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research, creative, and service work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on topics related to the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas:
- Law, Education, and Justice (exploring how historically high rates of incarceration in the United States constitute a crisis with broad social, educational, and family impacts); and
- Climate Change (with a particular interest in climate justice).
Proposed projects can explore academic research, creative pursuits (such as those using art, writing, or multimedia), or the design of an original service project. Service projects must be grounded in research and include a critical analysis of the work to be undertaken.
Students may submit applications as individuals or groups; however, we can only accept one application per project.
Students are responsible for obtaining appropriate approval for Human Subjects Research, if applicable. We encourage interested students to visit Harvard’s Committee on the Use of Human Subjects website for detailed information. Undergraduates may also refer to the Undergraduate Research Training Program (URTP), a comprehensive platform to assist and create better prepared undergraduate researchers.
Grant recipients will join a student cohort and receive mentoring and support from Radcliffe staff as well as each other. Cohort meetings will occur on a monthly basis (in person, with an option for hybrid) from October 2022 to May 2023.
For full details and FAQs, visit this page.
How to Apply
Proposals must include a concept note of no more than 750 words outlining the full rationale behind your project proposal, including:
- a description of the project:
- the project's purpose
- the work it entails with a detailed plan of action, and
- anticipated outcome(s); goals; and/or concrete deliverables;
- a clear description of how your project relates to one of the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas:
- Law, Education, and Justice: exploring how historically high rates of incarceration in the United States constitute a crisis with broad social, educational, and family impacts;
- Climate Change: with a particular interest in climate justice; and
- how the grant of $1500 would support your project.
Requests for funds to be used for travel or travel-related expenses will be considered on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with University guidelines.
To be eligible to participate in this program, applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students at Harvard.
Applications are due by 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 1 . Applicants will be notified of final decisions by Wednesday, May 31.
Questions? Contact Don Tontiplaphol at don_tontiplaphol@radcliffe.harvard.edu.
Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program: Summer 2023
The Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research, creative, and service work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on topics related to the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas:
- Law, Education, and Justice (exploring how historically high rates of incarceration in the United States constitute a crisis with broad social, educational, and family impacts); and
- Climate Change (with a particular interest in climate justice).
Proposed projects can explore academic research, creative pursuits (such as those using art, writing, or multimedia), or the design of an original service project. Service projects must be grounded in research and include a critical analysis of the work to be undertaken.
Students may submit applications as individuals or groups; however, we can only accept one application per project.
Students are responsible for obtaining appropriate approval for Human Subjects Research, if applicable. We encourage interested students to visit Harvard’s Committee on the Use of Human Subjects website for detailed information. Undergraduates may also refer to the Undergraduate Research Training Program (URTP), a comprehensive platform to assist and create better prepared undergraduate researchers.
Grant recipients will join a student cohort and receive mentoring and support from Radcliffe staff as well as each other. Cohort meetings will occur on a monthly basis (in person, with an option for hybrid) from October 2022 to May 2023.
For full details and FAQs, visit this page.
How to Apply
Proposals must include a concept note of no more than 750 words outlining the full rationale behind your project proposal, including:
- a description of the project:
- the project's purpose
- the work it entails with a detailed plan of action, and
- anticipated outcome(s); goals; and/or concrete deliverables;
- a clear description of how your project relates to one of the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas:
- Law, Education, and Justice: exploring how historically high rates of incarceration in the United States constitute a crisis with broad social, educational, and family impacts;
- Climate Change: with a particular interest in climate justice; and
- how the grant of $1500 would support your project.
Requests for funds to be used for travel or travel-related expenses will be considered on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with University guidelines.
To be eligible to participate in this program, applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students at Harvard.
Applications are due by 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 1 . Applicants will be notified of final decisions by Wednesday, May 31.
Questions? Contact Don Tontiplaphol at don_tontiplaphol@radcliffe.harvard.edu.