Q: How do I start looking
for fellowships?
Begin here – the Cabot page contains information
on the many grants and prizes administered by the Fellowships
Office at the Office of Career Services (OCS). The fellowships
section of the Cabot site is organized by type of award: i.e.
grants to support study abroad; research or personal travel; teaching
and public service; funding for college or graduate school; and
prizes administered by the college.
But don’t stop here! There are literally hundreds of fellowships
and awards available to Harvard students and only a fraction of
them are administered by OCS (and therefore can be found on this
site). For a (nearly) complete list, go to OCS and read or purchase
a copy of the Harvard College Guide to Grants and the Harvard
Supplement to the Guide to Grants. Additional information on grants
is also available in Section B (Fellowships) in the OCS Reading
Room. Applicants for fellowships for travel or study abroad should
also consult the resources of Section L (Travel and Work Abroad)
and the Annex (Study Abroad and International University Catalogues)
in the OCS Reading Room, as well as in relevant sections of the
OCS
web site. You should also inquire
with your academic department about any special or new awards
they know of. AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT DATES: The calendar is prepared
in advance of the academic year, and changes for individual competitions
may occur. Announcements for each fellowship are published in
the OCSNews and on the OCS
web site
and relayed to the Houses and Departments. Be sure to check for
any changes in deadlines and procedures.
Q: Where can I get application materials?
Unless otherwise noted, applications are available
in the Fellowships Office at OCS, 54 Dunster Street, Room 302.
Applications for the Fulbright, Marshall endorsement, and Rhodes
endorsement competitions are available through the summer months
until closing dates very early in the fall, which are noted with
their descriptions.
Applications for the following competitions
are available at the beginning of the fall semester: Beinecke,
Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowships, Churchill, Cooke, Eben
Fiske, Goldwater, Harvard-Cambridge, Henry, Houghteling Memorial,
Knox, Luce, Mackenzie King Harvard, McKinley, Rockefeller, St.
Andrew's Society, Herchel Smith Harvard, Swearer, Udall, von Clemm,
and Paul Williams.
Applications for the following competitions
are available at the beginning of the spring semester: Isenberg,
Patterson, Pforzheimer, [Piedrahita Memorial], Public Service
Grants, Radcliffe, Richardson, [Herchel Smith Summer], Steiner
Fund, Stowe/Millfield, and Summer Research Travel.
Applications
for the following competitions are available only to students
who have been nominated by their House or by the University endorsement
committee: Canadian Rhodes (official), Michael Christian, Marshall
(official), U.S. Rhodes (official), Shaw, Sheldon, and Trustman.
Q: Are the deadlines flexible?
NO!! OCS will not accept late materials
under any circumstances. Unless otherwise noted, all OCS Fellowships
Office deadlines are at 12:00 noon on the date listed. All application
materials submitted to the Fellowships Office become the property
of the Fellowships Office. Once submitted, no materials will be
released to applicants. All application materials are considered
confidential and treated accordingly.
Q: How can the Cabot Fellowships tutors and OCS help me once I've located an award I want to apply for?
There are several Cabot fellowships tutors, and we can help
you in two main ways:
First, each tutor is responsible for a handful
of fellowships, awards, and prizes that require either house nomination
or house assistance. For a list of the tutors and their particular
award responsibilities, see the section of the webpage on the
fellowships committee. If you are interested in one of these awards,
the tutor associated with the award can answer any questions you
have in detail.
Second, we are all here as a general resource
for you as you go through the application process for any award.
We can give advice about getting letters of recommendation, writing
an effective essay, and so forth. Detailed questions about non-OCS
administered awards are best directed to the Guide to Grants or
to OCS, but the fellowships tutors are happy to help however we
can.
The Director of Fellowships, Paul Bohlmann, and the Assistant Directors of Fellowships, Adonica Lui and Greg Llacer, are also available for individual counseling by appointment. To set up an appointment, call OCS
at 495-2595 and press “0”; to contact the Fellowships Office directly,
call 495-8126. The Fellowships Office staff is generally available
for questions on a walk-in basis.
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