The Ash Center is proud to support multiple Harvard Kennedy School students every academic year. Learn more about current and previous fellowships below. Interested students should contact the HKS Student Financial Service Office for more information and to apply.
Student Fellowships
Current student fellowships
Ford Foundation Mason Fellows
The Ford Foundation Mason Fellowship will be awarded every year to meritorious Mason Fellows with financial need. Leading candidates will demonstrate strong interest in the overarching issues of concern to the Ash Center: city government leadership and innovation, smart cities, and urban mobility; Indigenous governance; political and social development in China and Southeast Asia; and democratic institutions, politics, and engagement. Leading candidates will also demonstrate the capacity for leadership in the public sector and a commitment to the study and implementation of effective and innovative governance, including non-traditional approaches to civic and political development.
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Roy and Lila Ash Fellows
The Roy and Lila Ash Fellowship in Democracy will be awarded every year to a meritorious Mid-career student with financial need. Leading candidates will demonstrate the capacity for leadership and a commitment to the work of the Ash Center to generate deep understandings about how to improve democracy in the United States and around the world. Strategic areas of interest include: Full participation and civic engagement; city government leadership and innovation, smart cities, and urban mobility; Indigenous governance; and responsive, fair, and effective institutions. Leading candidates will also demonstrate the capacity for leadership in the public sector and a commitment to the study and implementation of effective and innovative governance, including non-traditional approaches to civic and political development.
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Below is information about student fellowships previously administered by the Ash Center. Note these fellowship programs are no longer being offered by the Ash Center or HKS. For information about previous recipients of student fellowships administered by the Ash Center, please visit our student alumni page.
Previous student fellowships
China and Globalization Program Fellows
The China and Globalization Program Fellowship was awarded to Chinese students with financial need. Leading candidates demonstrated a strong interest in the areas of domestic politics and social development of China, with a focus on public policy challenges. Fellowship recipients joined the Ash Center in co-curricular activities such as lectures, workshops and conferences.
Dalio Scholars
The Dalio Fellowship is awarded each year to one Chinese mid-career Mason Program MPA degree student with financial need. Recipients selected are proven leaders in philanthropy or demonstrate clear philanthropy sector leadership potential.
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HKS Indonesia Program Fellowship
The HKS Indonesia Program offered limited financial aid to support Indonesian students admitted to Harvard Kennedy School degree programs.
Hui Fellows
The Hui Fellowship was awarded each year to Chinese mid-career Mason Program MPA degree student and Chinese MPP degree students with financial need. Recipients demonstrated a strong interest in the areas of China’s integration with the world economy and polity, sustainability, socio-economic stability, and those active in civil society, with a focus on public policy challenges.