Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative: Urban Research Grants
Deadline: January 4, 2021
Award Amount: $2,500

The Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative (HMUI) invites applications for grants to support research projects with an urban focus, ideally with an interdisciplinary approach. Projects might include but are not limited to such issues as inequality, diversity, and climate change. HMUI is particularly interested in linking humanistic approaches to cities with spatial investigations of the built and natural environments. HMUI seeks proposals in three broad areas:

1. development of course-related materials
2. research in archives and online data sets that will lead to publication
3. innovative strategies for disseminating knowledge (e.g.: data visualization, maps, multimedia history, etc.).

All Harvard affiliates are eligible to apply. Faculty and instructors can only apply to hire student research assistants. Currently-enrolled students, both undergraduate and graduate, may apply to undertake their own independent or collaborative projects. Students can indicate a faculty sponsor or request the HMUI's help in finding one. Collaborative projects that bring together faculty and students from across the university to develop new cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of urban environments, societies, and cultures are welcome. Projects can be conducted in Spring and/or Summer of 2021.