Request for Proposals: Impact Lab Start-Up Funding

Harvard Impact Labs has released a new RFP for Harvard faculty members to apply for Impact Lab Start-Up funding.    

About Harvard Impact Labs   

  • It is a University-wide initiative launched last year to empower Harvard faculty to work with practitioners and communities to develop, test, and scale solutions to some of the world’s most pressing social problems.   
  • Meet the newly funded impact labs involving faculty from four different Harvard schools. 

 

Impact Lab Start-Up Funding  

  • At least two awards of up to $500,000 over two years will be provided to launch rigorous new research aimed at tackling an urgent social problem in collaboration with government, nonprofit, or for-profit entities. New or existing research teams may apply.  
  • Letters of Interest are due March 18, 2026 

Learn more about Impact Lab Start-Up Funding

 

Eligibility  

All Harvard faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, or a full-time Professor of the Practice or Professor in Residence are eligible to apply. 

 

Info Sessions 

  • Interested faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend one of two info sessions where Harvard Impact Labs faculty and staff will review key info and answer questions. 
  • Monday, February 9th 10-10:45a - Register here 

  • Wednesday, February 25th 1-1:45p - Register here  

     

Visit the Harvard Impact Labs website for more information about their leadership and faculty advisors. Please email ImpactLabsAwards@hks.harvard.edu with any questions. 

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