Internal Competitions

William F. Milton Fund Deadline: October 1, 2014 Award Amount: $40,000 The purpose of the Milton Fund is to provide funding to facilitate new approaches, initiate new projects, and in particular, assist junior members of Harvard schools in establishing...

NeuroBehavior Laboratory Pilot Project Research Program Deadline: September 15, 2014 Award Amount: Award covers NBL user fees for a behavioral project not to exceed 100 hours of equipment and facility usage to be used within one year of the award date...

Harvard Physical Science and Engineering Accelerator Awards Pre-Proposal Deadline (required): August 15, 2014 Full Proposal Deadline (by invitation): October 31, 2014 Award Amount: $50,000-$100,000 over 6-12 months not subject to indirect charges Eligible...

Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) Spark Grants Deadline: July 18, 2014 Award Amount: $5,000-$15,000 Eligible Disciplines: All HILT's mission is to catalyze innovation and excellence in learning and teaching at Harvard. These grants are...

Fund for Research on the Foundations of Human Behavior Deadline: 11:59pm on the last day of February, May, August, and November Award Amount: Maximum of $40,000 for ladder faculty, and $5,000 for doctoral students and post-docs Eligible applicants...

Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research Deadline: March 15, 2014 Award Amount: $20,000-$200,000 Target Disciplines: Natural or Social Sciences The Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research is open to Harvard faculty in the...

Provost’s Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration Deadline: February 14, 2014 Award Amount: up to $25,000 Eligible Disciplines: All The Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration supports a variety of cross-faculty collaborations, including but not limited...

Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator at Harvard University Pre-Proposal Deadine: January 27, 2014 by 5pm Award Amount: Up to $100,000 for pilot grants, up to $300,000 for development grants Eligible Faculty: Anyone employed by Harvard with rights as a...

Harvard/MIT Joint Research Grants Program in Basic Neuroscience Deadline: November 18, 2013 Award Amount: $100,000 per year for two years This program provides funding for basic neuroscience researchers to work collaboratively to advance our understanding...

The Milton Fund Deadline: October 8, 2013 by 5PM Award Amount: up to $40,000 for one year Target Disciplines: All The purpose of the Milton Fund is to provide funding to facilitate new approaches, initiate new projects, and in particular, assist junior...