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Harvard-Affiliated OrganizationsBelow you will find links to Harvard-affiliated organizations and resources for networking within Harvard University. These are a selected few of the many programs available at Harvard; for more listings, see More Resources at the bottom of this page. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. The center's mission is to train future leaders for careers in public service and to apply first-class research to the solution of public policy problems. Opportunities include a student-fellows liaison program and internships. Center for Jewish Studies. The center is the focal point for the study and teaching of Judaica through publications, fellowships, lectures, and symposia on topics of interest to scholars and to the general public. Center for the Study of World Religions. The CSWR is a world-renowned research center for the comparative, historical, and cultural study of the world's major religions and spiritual traditions. Council of Women World Leaders. The council strives to promote good governance and enhance the experience of democracy globally by increasing the number, effectiveness, and visibility of women who lead at the highest levels in their countries. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Founded in 1994, the DRCLAS works to increase knowledge of the cultures, economies, histories, environment, and contemporary affairs of past and present Latin America. It also posts grant and fellowship opportunities. Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. The primary mission of the center is to help increase the expertise of faculty who are teaching ethics courses at the professional-school level, and to encourage younger scholars to make the teaching of ethics their career objective. Fellowships are awarded on a yearly basis. Forum on Religion and Ecology. The forum is the largest international multireligious project of its kind. It explores religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current environmental concerns. Harvard Alumni Startups. This nonprofit organization, with a mission to foster entrepreneurship within the greater Harvard community, fosters networking and has held a range of activities, seminars, and meetings in support of members' efforts. Harvard Black Alumni Society. Founded in 2002, the HBAS has grown into a national organization with operations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C. It sponsors national and regional networks, a mentoring program, professional development events, and more. Harvard Public Service Network. Led by the Center for Public Interest Careers of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the network includes volunteer, internship, fellowship, and job opportunities in the public sector in the Greater Boston area. Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. The center aims to illuminate the vital role that the nonprofit sector and nongovernmental organizations play in aiding societies to discover and accomplish important public purposes. Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus. Founded in 1983, the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus is now composed of more than 3,400 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Harvard and Radcliffe alumni/ae, faculty, staff, and students. Among its several purposes, the HGLC maintains and expands a network of GLBT alumni/ae and sponsors a summer public-service fellowship opportunity open to any full-time student of any Harvard school. Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies. The committee was established as an interdisciplinary faculty committee under the auspices of the Provost to promote communication, coordination, and collaboration among Harvard's many human rights initiatives. Harvard University Muslim Alumni. Serves as a network for Muslim alumni/ae of the various schools, seeks to create more resources at Harvard for Muslims, promotes a positive image of Islam and Muslims, and supports the rights of Muslims to obtain high-quality educations. Harvardwood. A nonprofit organization for Harvard University alumni and students in the arts, media, and entertainment. Founded by three alumni in 1999, Harvardwood has since grown to a diverse membership of over 1,300 individuals working in Los Angeles, New York, and worldwide. Website includes internship opportunities. Institute of Politics. Led by the Kennedy School of Government, the IOP offers resources on forums, study groups, conferences, internships, and IOP initiatives for students. Islamic Legal Studies Program. The ILSP seeks to advance knowledge and understanding of Islamic law through objective and comparative methods. It fosters an atmosphere of open inquiry that embraces many perspectives, both Muslim and non-Muslim. Nieman Foundation. The foundation was established in 1937 to "promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States and educate persons deemed especially qualified for journalism." Fellows from all over the world are selected each year to study at Harvard and share their experiences. Pluralism Project. The Pluralism Project was developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities. Opportunities frequently include research grants. Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS). The program studies situations of conflict in order to better understand their nature and the capabilities of nonviolent actions in support of human rights and civil liberties. It combines a quantitative approach through PANDA (Protocol for the Assessment of Nonviolent Direct Action), an automated early warning system, with on-the-ground research of conflict regions provided by anthropological insights. Project Zero. An educational research group at the Graduate School of Education, Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels. Public Education Leadership Project. A joint initiative of the Graduate School of Education and the Business School, PELP aims to drive student achievement through improving the leadership and management of complex urban school districts. Harvard and nine participating school districts have collaboratively designed PELP to dramatically improve the educational outcomes of these districts. Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. A new enterprise at the Kennedy School of Government, the Rappaport Institute works with universities, public agencies, and other organizations in the region to improve the governance of Greater Boston. Fellowships are awarded on a yearly basis. Social Enterprise Program. This Harvard Business School initiative generates and shares knowledge that helps individuals and organizations create social value in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. In its recognition that knowledge is a product not only of individual academic research, but also of vigorous, sustained intellectual dialogue among scholars and nonacademic experts, the center sponsors a wide array of seminars, research programs, workshops, and conferences. W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. The institute awards between 10 and 15 fellowships annually to scholars at various stages in their careers in the fields of African and African American studies, broadly defined to cover the expanse of the African diaspora. Women's Studies in Religion Program. The WSRP promotes critical inquiry into the interaction between religion and gender. It sponsors research and teaching in feminist theology, biblical studies, ethics, and women's history, as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. More ResourcesFor further listings, visit each school's website: If you would like us to add any centers or organizations to this list, please contact us with your suggestions at careers@hds.harvard.edu.
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