Harvard Summer Programs and Resources for Undergraduate Students

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
• Multiple Listings for Funding
• Arts and Entertainment
• Business
• Education
• Government and Politics
• Health and Medicine
• Law
• Public Service
• Science, Engineering, Architecture, and the Environment
• Study Programs
• Research
• International Internships and Funding

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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.
• 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.
• MonsterTRAK [using MonsterTRAK]: Postings of jobs and internships not included in the On-Campus Recruiting Program (use your Harvard ID to access the Harvard listings).
• 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

• Funding Sources Database for International Experience
• Harvard Guide to Grants: Supplement lists funding resources available exclusively for Harvard students.
  

Arts and Entertainment

• Harvardwood
• Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre
• Harvard Summer Pops Band
• John Knowles Paine Fellowships in Music
• Office of the Arts at Harvard (OFA)—Artist Development Fellowships
  
  

Business

• Harvard Business School Summer Venture in Management: One-week summer program.
• Harvard Student Agencies—Center for Enterprise Business Leadership Program: One-week study program

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Education

• Harvard Crimson Academy: Mentoring high school students.
• Harvard Summer School: Mentoring high school students.
• WorldTeach: Internships and funding for teaching abroad.

Government and Politics

• Institute of Politics: Internships and funding in government or the public sector.
• Center for American Political Studies Undergraduate Seed Grants: Funding for senior thesis research on post-Civil War American politics.

Health and Medicine

• Division of Medical Sciences: Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
• FAS Center for Systems Biology
• Harvard Initiative for Global Health: Internships.
• Harvard Medical School—Four Directions Summer Research Program: Research for Native Americans.
• Harvard Medical School—Joslin Diabetes Center Summer Student Research Program
• Harvard Medical School—New England Primate Research Center: Practical training.
• Harvard Medical School—Summer Program in Immunology: Weekly lectures and laboratory work.
• Harvard School of Public Health—Department of Biostatistics Summer Program in Quantitative Sciences: Internships for minority students.
• Harvard School of Public Health—Undergraduate Internship in Biological Sciences in Public Health: Internship for minority students.
• Harvard Stem Cell Institute Research Internship
• Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Trainee Program: Research opportunities for minority students.
• Project HEALTH: Volunteer opportunities.
• David Roux Fund Grants: Funding for summer projects overseas that clearly relate to global health issues.
• School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—Research Experience for Undergraduates

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Law

• Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowships: Funding for domestic summer internships in public interest law, through the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC) at Harvard.

Public Service

• Center for Public Interest Careers: Internships and funding including Harvard Clubs Summer Community Service Fellowships.
• Harvard Crimson Academy: Mentoring high school students.
• Harvard Summer School: Mentoring high school students.
• Mark DeWolfe Howe Fund Grants: Funding for research in U.S. civil rights or civil liberties or in the Anglo-American legal tradition.
• Institute of Politics: Internships and funding in government or the public sector.
• Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowships: Funding for domestic summer internships in public interest law, through the Center for Public Interest Careers (CPIC) at Harvard.
• Phillips Brooks House Association: Public service opportunities including Summer Urban Program (SUP).
• Public Service Grants: Funding for summer community service projects and occasional research projects in the United States or overseas.
• David Roux Fund Grants: Funding for summer projects overseas that clearly relate to global health issues.
• Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics Lester Kissel Grants for Ethics Research
• South Asia Initiative: Public service internships.
• University Committee on Human Rights Studies: Internships and funding.

Science, Engineering, Architecture, and the Environment

• FAS Center for Systems Biology: Research internships in many fields of science, from biology to applied mathematics.
• Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE)
• Harvard Forest: Research opportunities.
• Harvard Graduate School of Design Career Discovery Program
• Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Research Awards: Funding for summer thesis research in neuroscience.
• School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

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Study Programs

• Harvard Summer School: Includes international programs.
• Office of International Programs: Study abroad and funding.

Research

• 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.
• Alex G. Booth '30 Fund Fellowships: Funding for summer projects related to the recipient's academic field of interest, though not for academic credit.
• Center for American Political Studies Undergraduate Seed Grants: Funding for senior thesis research on post-Civil War American politics.
• Center for Hellenic Studies
• Center for Middle Eastern Studies Henry Rosovsky Summer Fellowships: Funding for senior thesis research in Israel.
• Committee on African Studies Summer Travel Grants: Funding for summer senior thesis research in sub-Saharan Africa (consult with CAS).
• Dean's Summer Research Awards: Funding for rising seniors with a financial aid summer savings requirement who have received senior thesis research funding from another source.
• Division of Medical Sciences—Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)
• Faculty Aide Program: Provides funding for faculty to hire student research assistants.
• Fairbank Center Summer Travel Grants: Funding for senior thesis research in Asia.
• FAS Center for Systems Biology: Research internships in many fields of science, from biology to applied mathematics.
• 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.
• Goelet Fund Undergraduate Research Grants: Funding for undergraduate research in anthropology.
• Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE)
• Harvard College Research Program: Funding for summer undergraduate research in any field; includes the possibility of a stipend or work-study award (also offered for fall and spring term).
• Harvard Forest
• Harvard Medical School—Four Directions Summer Research Program: Research for Native Americans.
• Harvard Medical School—Joslin Diabetes Center Summer Student Research Program
• Harvard Stem Cell Institute Research Internship
• Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Mark DeWolfe Howe Fund Grants: Funding for research in U.S. civil rights or civil liberties or in the Anglo-American legal tradition.
• Institute for Quantitative Social Science Summer Research Scholars Program
• Korea Institute Summer Travel Grants: Funding for summer research and/or fieldwork in Korea.
• Massachusetts General Hospital Summer Research Trainee Program: Research opportunities for minority students.
• Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Research Awards: Funding for summer thesis research in neuroscience.
• John Patterson Traveling Fellowship: Funding for summer research, travel, or work in Italy.
• Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships: Funding to support research in the special resources of the Radcliffe College Archives and the Schlesinger Library.
• Real Colegio Complutense Summer Field Research Grants: Funding for short research visits to Spain for topics focusing on Spain.
• School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
• Ukrainian Research Institute Summer Travel Grants: Funding for research projects in Ukraine.
• Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History Summer Research Prizes: Funding for summer thesis research in any aspect of American history.

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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: Funding.
• 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.
• Kawamura Fellowship: Visiting fellowship to Japan for one month.
• Korea Institute Summer Travel Grants: Funding for summer research and/or fieldwork in Korea.
• 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.
• David Roux Fund Grants: Funding for summer projects overseas that clearly relate to global health issues.
• 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.
• WorldTeach: Internships and funding for teaching abroad.

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