Support for Student Initiatives and Study

The Ash Center supports HKS student-led events and initiatives as well as independent study. Preference is given to projects with Ash faculty involvement and applied learning opportunities that overlap with the Center’s core research and programmatic priorities.

Interested students may direct applications and funding inquiries to Christina Marchand, Senior Associate Director for Democracy Initiatives, Programs.

Research Grants

The Center awards research grants to HKS students for independent research projects on an ongoing basis. Research projects are selected based on several criteria:

We invite you to review examples of Policy Analysis Exercises, Second Year Policy Analyses, and independent research by Harvard Kennedy School students whose work was supported, in part, by the Ash Center.

download a copy of the 2023-24 student funding application

Please be sure to complete all fields of this application. In addition to the application and research project proposal, we also request a letter of recommendation or endorsement from a faculty member; this may be submitted with the proposal or emailed by the faculty member directly to Christina Marchand
 

Student Group Support

The Ash Center supports many student organizations which focus on one of our areas of interest. We welcome funding applications from groups as well; please refer to the independent research application for guidelines on submitting an application. We also welcome "standard" proposals used by groups and journals to fundraise across HKS.