Many departments at Harvard offer programs and services that will benefit students during their summer recess. Click the heading below for more information about the following:
Multiple Listings for Jobs and Internships
- Crimson~Experience Database (OCS): Available only to Harvard students, this database provides access to internship opportunities across a wide range of industries and geographic locations, including postings by Harvard departments and centers.
- NEW: iNet Internship Database - An internship consortium created and shared by Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, MIT, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, NYU, USC, and Yale.
- UCAN (University Career Action Network): Database of shared internship listings from 19 U.S. schools.
- On-Campus Recruiting Program (OCS): Employers visit campus to conduct interviews for full-time jobs throughout the year and for summer internships from January-March.
- Student Employment Office: Part-time paid jobs and Harvard College Research Grants.
- Harvard Student Agencies: Jobs at HSA organizations including Let’s Go Guides.
Multiple Listings for Funding
Arts and Entertainment
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Education
Government, Law, and Politics
Health and Medicine
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Public Interest
Science, Engineering, Architecture, and the Environment
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Academic Research
Study Programs
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International Internships and Funding
- Ariadne Undergraduate Summer Travel Grants to Greece: Funding for summer research in Greece for undergraduate students preparing senior theses on political, historical, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual trends in modern or contemporary Greece.
- Asia Center
- Center for Hellenic Studies: Research and internships.
- Center for International Development: Internships and funding.
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies Henry Rosovsky Summer Fellowships: Funding for senior thesis research in Israel.
- Michael Christian / Anton Segal Traveling Fellowship: Funding for purposeful summer travel overseas.
- Committee on African Studies Summer Travel Grants: Funding for summer senior thesis research in sub-Saharan Africa (consult with CAS).
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies: Internships and funding.
- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: Internships.
- Dressler Family Fund Travel Grants: Funding for study or travel in a Romance language-speaking country.
- Fairbank Center Summer Travel Grants: Funding for senior thesis research in Asia.
- Fung Foundation Scholarships for Summer Language Study in China: Funding for senior thesis research, language study, internships, and public service work in China over the summer.
- Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies: Internships and funding.
- Harvard China Internship Program
- Kawamura Fellowship: Visiting fellowship to Japan for one month.
- Korea Institute Summer Travel Grants: Funding for summer research and/or fieldwork in Korea.
- Ledecky International Fellowship Program in Journalism: Funding for international internships in journalism
- Charles Eliot Norton Fellowships in Greek: Funding for study of Greek history, art, literature, archeology, or topography at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
- Office of International Programs: Study abroad and funding.
- John Patterson Traveling Fellowship: Funding for summer research, travel, or work in Italy.
- Gabriel Piedrahita Memorial Fellowship: Funding for non-Colombian sophomores or juniors pursuing summer or semester study or travel in Colombia.
- Real Colegio Complutense Summer Field Research Grants: Funding for short research visits to Spain for topics focusing on Spain.
- Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies: Internships and funding.
- Andrei Sakharov Program on Human Rights Internships: Internships with human rights organizations in Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia.
- South Asia Initiative: Public service internships.
- Summer Research Travel Grants: A common application of 15 of Harvard's international research centers' summer research travel grants.
- Ukrainian Research Institute Summer Travel Grants: Funding for research projects in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian Summer Institute: Study opportunity.
- Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
- Weissman International Internship Program: Summer internships overseas in either for-profit or nonprofit organizations.
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