Funding Opportunities
Apply for funding to support projects that champion full participation in university life by strengthening campus connections, promoting engagement across differences, and building bridges throughout the University.
About Funding Opportunities
Community and Campus Life supports opportunities for faculty, staff, students, and researchers to advance innovative ideas foster a culture of mutual respect and full participation. Whether you’re working on a one-time event or a long-term initiative, we’re invested in your success.
Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (CLIF)
CLIF is an incubator for new ideas that advance a culture of mutual respect and full participation at Harvard.
Express Grants
Single-semester community grants are awarded to supplement campus events, projects, and programs that fuel participation.
President’s Building Bridges Fund (PBBF)
The PBBF seeks to foster a culture of pluralism at Harvard by building cross-cutting community among students outside the classroom.
Funding a Culture of Mutual Respect
Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund
The Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (CLIF) awards grants to project teams to advance innovative ideas that strengthen Harvard’s capacity to support a culture of mutual respect and full participation.
Express Grants
Grants of up to $1,500 are awarded for one semester to supplement costs associated with campus events, projects, and programs that promote pathways for full community participation.
President’s Building Bridges Fund
The Building Bridges Fund seeks to foster a culture of pluralism at Harvard by building cross-cutting community among students outside the classroom. The fund supports student-led projects that enable the development of the skills necessary to respect, relate, and cooperate across lines of difference.
Community News
HDS Students Win Harvard Culture Lab Grant for Deep Listening Project
Paula Ortiz, MDiv ’26, and Lia Pikus, MTS ’27, are using their grant to launch workshops that foster connection and belonging across campus.
Harvard University president announces President’s Building Bridges Fund
The presidential initiative backs efforts to encourage and facilitate constructive dialogue.
Student-led projects support a culture of pluralism
Community-based projects will benefit University Schools and units.