Undergraduate Summer Travel Grants

This grant is designed for Harvard undergraduates interested in international development. It provides undergraduates with the opportunity to live and work in a developing country, thus experiencing first hand some of the many factors and issues involved in international development.

The Center offers a limited number of grants to current undergraduates for field research on international development issues in developing countries (other than the student’s home country). These grants are intended to defray travel and other direct research costs but may not be used for research or expenses in Cambridge, to hire a research assistant, or for taxis, rental cars, or program fees. Proposals should contain a clearly stated research question, a realistic scope of work, a well-designed plan to conduct the research, and two recommendation letters, preferably one of which will be from a CID Faculty Associate, indicating support for the project.  Awardees are selected based on faculty endorsement, the project’s relevance to the international development field and CID, prior involvement in CID, and academic value/feasibility of the project. 

Application is through a common application process distributed by the Fellowships Office in the Office for Career Services (OCS).  Click here to be taken to the main application page.  Decisions are made in early April, and the deadline for submission of 2009 applications to OCS is 12:00 Noon, 24 February 2009.

Additional Funding and Travel Grant Opportunities for Students

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