Faculty Course-Based Grants

The applicant must be a Lecturer, Senior Preceptor, Assistant, Associate or full Professor employed full-time by Harvard University in any Harvard Department or School. Applicants from the Harvard Medical School must be an Assistant, Associate or full Professor employed full-time by Harvard University and teaching Harvard students at the time of the application. Final decisions about eligibility will be determined during the review process. Prior applicants and awardees to this fund from past years are welcome to apply again. 

• Application Form

• Abstract (no more than two paragraphs)

• Proposal (up to 1000 words that succinctly describes the proposed event, its significance, expected impact, participation of Harvard students and faculty, and any proposed collaboration with academics and researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Up to 2 pages of additional materials (citations, images, etc.) may be included, if necessary)

• Detailed Budget (must reflect other sources of funding, if any)

• Curriculum Vitae (5 pages max. for each PI, co-investigator, and collaborator)

• Letter (verifying collaboration from collaborating institution when applicable)

In preparing a proposal, the applicant should remember that DRCLAS is a University-wide center and therefore reviewers may need brief background information to fully appreciate what might be of obvious importance to someone within a particular discipline.

For course-based field trips, funds may be applied to travel-related expenses for participating students, faculty, and teaching assistants, including airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, visa fees, and vaccines; as well as to cover other expenses essential to the trip, such as translation/interpretation, on-the-ground services, entry fees for museums and cultural institutions, etc. Requests for hardware purchases for data collection are discouraged but may be taken into consideration with adequate justification.  Applicants are strongly discouraged from allocating disproportionately large portions of their budgets for expenses with equipment, third party services, or teaching assistants.  

For curriculum development, grants may be used to acquire course materials or to subsidize a portion of the cost of new source books. Applicants must submit documentation showing that the course for which support is sought has been offered in the past, approved, or likely to be approved by the department or unit in which it is to be offered. We encourage faculty seeking to enrich their courses by traveling to the region to consider applying for Exploratory Travel Funds within our Faculty Research Grants program.

For language study and interpretation, grants may be applied to the cost of language classes and translation fees. Funds may not be used for copy editing or indexing expenses.

Unfortunately, awards may not be used to cover or supplement indirect costs, computer hardware, office-related equipment, faculty, research staff, or administrative salaries, and cannot be used to replace existing sources of funding. Additional restrictions may apply, at the committee’s discretion.