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$57,500 Harvard Loeb Fellowship

  • Organization: Harvard Graduate School of Design (Loeb Fellowship)
  • Type: Fellowship
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: January 5, 2027
  • Funding: Fully Funded

The Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design brings up to 10 mid-career practitioners to Cambridge, Massachusetts for one academic year to step back from their work, learn and plan their next phase. It is for people who shape the built and natural environment and work for social change: civic leaders, journalists, architects, planners, technologists, activists, policymakers and public artists, from the US and around the world. It is a practitioner fellowship, not an academic sabbatical or an artist residency, and no degree is required. **What you get:** - A stipend of $57,500 for the academic year (taxable income) - Tuition-free auditing of classes across Harvard and MIT - Modestly furnished housing in Cambridge, which the Fellowship strives to provide for Fellows and their families coming from outside the Boston and Cambridge area - A travel grant covering about one economy round trip home per semester (taxable income) - Lifelong membership of a network of more than 450 Loeb alumni, and alumni status at the Graduate School of Design **What you'll do:** - Live in the Cambridge area for the academic year, from mid-August to the day after commencement - Audit at least one Graduate School of Design course each semester, with optional further courses at Harvard and MIT (no academic credit) - Build and follow an individual work plan with the programme's leadership - Help plan and attend weekly seminars and weekly or biweekly dinners with invited guests - Join a fall study tour in North America and a spring international study tour - Engage with students through studio reviews, J-Term courses, exhibits and symposia **Key dates:** - Information webinars on Zoom: Monday, November 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET and 4:00 PM ET - Requests to talk with a Loeb alum (optional): by November 30, 2026 - Applications close: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET - Recommendation letters due: Tuesday, January 12, 2027 at 11:59 ET - About 20 applicants shortlisted by the end of February 2027; all applicants told their status by mid-March - Shortlisted applicants have up to three interviews; up to 10 Fellows selected in mid-April and notified by the end of April 2027 - Fellows arrive in mid-August 2027; the programme ends the day after commencement, with housing vacated by June 30 **More information:** - Apply online through SlideRoom with an application form, a resume with dated work history, and three letters of recommendation from professional associates - Up to five supplemental documents (articles, videos, portfolio pieces) are optional but strongly encouraged - Artists can ask to be considered for the joint Loeb/ArtLab Fellowship, which adds studio space at Harvard ArtLab - Third parties can nominate a candidate, though a nomination has no influence on selection - Questions: loeb_fellowship@gsd.harvard.edu

Apply for $57,500 Harvard Loeb Fellowship

Harvard Graduate School of Design (Loeb Fellowship)Fellowship

$57,500 Harvard Loeb Fellowship

Jan 05, 2027 23:59:00 ET
Opportunity type
Fellowship
Funding
Fully Funded
Location
Global
Deadline
Jan 05, 2027 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

The Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design brings up to 10 mid-career practitioners to Cambridge, Massachusetts for one academic year to step back from their work, learn and plan their next phase. It is for people who shape the built and natural environment and work for social change: civic leaders, journalists, architects, planners, technologists, activists, policymakers and public artists, from the US and around the world. It is a practitioner fellowship, not an academic sabbatical or an artist residency, and no degree is required.

What you get:

  • A stipend of $57,500 for the academic year (taxable income)
  • Tuition-free auditing of classes across Harvard and MIT
  • Modestly furnished housing in Cambridge, which the Fellowship strives to provide for Fellows and their families coming from outside the Boston and Cambridge area
  • A travel grant covering about one economy round trip home per semester (taxable income)
  • Lifelong membership of a network of more than 450 Loeb alumni, and alumni status at the Graduate School of Design

What you'll do:

  • Live in the Cambridge area for the academic year, from mid-August to the day after commencement
  • Audit at least one Graduate School of Design course each semester, with optional further courses at Harvard and MIT (no academic credit)
  • Build and follow an individual work plan with the programme's leadership
  • Help plan and attend weekly seminars and weekly or biweekly dinners with invited guests
  • Join a fall study tour in North America and a spring international study tour
  • Engage with students through studio reviews, J-Term courses, exhibits and symposia

Key dates:

  • Information webinars on Zoom: Monday, November 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET and 4:00 PM ET
  • Requests to talk with a Loeb alum (optional): by November 30, 2026
  • Applications close: Tuesday, January 5, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET
  • Recommendation letters due: Tuesday, January 12, 2027 at 11:59 ET
  • About 20 applicants shortlisted by the end of February 2027; all applicants told their status by mid-March
  • Shortlisted applicants have up to three interviews; up to 10 Fellows selected in mid-April and notified by the end of April 2027
  • Fellows arrive in mid-August 2027; the programme ends the day after commencement, with housing vacated by June 30

More information:

  • Apply online through SlideRoom with an application form, a resume with dated work history, and three letters of recommendation from professional associates
  • Up to five supplemental documents (articles, videos, portfolio pieces) are optional but strongly encouraged
  • Artists can ask to be considered for the joint Loeb/ArtLab Fellowship, which adds studio space at Harvard ArtLab
  • Third parties can nominate a candidate, though a nomination has no influence on selection
  • Questions: loeb_fellowship@gsd.harvard.edu

Who can apply

  • Practitioners in mid-career with a minimum of 8 years of experience in the field
  • Work focused on improving the built and natural environment, broadly defined (past Fellows include a theater director, journalists and a documentary filmmaker)
  • Open internationally; international Fellows must apply for and obtain a J-1 visa and be eligible for one at the time of selection
  • No degree or educational requirement; academic transcripts are not reviewed
  • Not open to students; academics are typically not eligible unless over 50 percent of their time is spent in practice
  • Fellows must step away from significant roles with their employers and other professional responsibilities for the year, and live in the Cambridge area while classes are in session

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Good to know

  • +A $57,500 stipend, free auditing of Harvard and MIT classes, and a travel grant
  • +Run by the Harvard Graduate School of Design since the late 1960s, with more than 450 alumni
  • +Free to apply, and no degree is required: unusual career paths are explicitly welcome
  • +International applicants are encouraged

Worth checking yourself

  • !Mid-career only: you need at least 8 years of experience, and a typical class averages about 42 years old
  • !You must step away from your job and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the academic year; international Fellows need a J-1 visa
  • !Health insurance and child care are not covered, and the stipend and travel grant are taxable
  • !Harvard says it strives to provide housing but does not say whether rent comes out of the stipend
  • !Up to 10 Fellows a year, and recommendation letters are due 12 January 2027, a week after the application

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$57,500 Harvard Loeb Fellowship
Jan 05, 2027 23:59:00 ET