Award Recipients
Select a year to see the programs awarded with a PIFIE grant.
Harvard Summer Program in Madrid, Spain
Faculty Lead: Xiomara Feliberty-Casiano, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures
Harvard Summer Program in Elementary Russian (Montenegro)
Faculty Lead: Veronika Egorova, Senior Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Harvard Summer School Program in Tblisi, Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Faculty Leads: Veronika Egorova, Senior Preceptor in Russian (FAS)
Harvard Summer Program in Social Justice and Portuguese Language Immersion in Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Faculty Lead: Cristina Soares, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages
From Harvard to the Field: An Analytical Toolkit for International Development (second year of funding)
Faculty Lead: Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Program for Scientifically-Inspired Leadership (carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Manipur, India
Faculty Lead: Dominic Mao, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard Summer Program in Taiwan (carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Taiwan
Faculty Lead: Jennifer Liu, Professor of the Practice of Language Pedagogy and Director, Chinese Language Program
From Harvard to the Field: An Analytical Toolkit for International Development
Faculty Lead: Rema Hanna, Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Summer Program in Kenya: Turkana Basin Institute Human Origins
Kenya
Faculty Lead: Daniel Lieberman, Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences
Harvard Summer Program in Italy: Ethics of Tech-Entrepreneurship (Carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Italy
Faculty Lead: Sergio Imparato, Lecturer on Government (FAS), Lecturer on Social Sciences (DCE)
Program for Scientifically-Inspired Leadership (Carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Manipur, India
Faculty Lead: Dominic Mao, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard Summer Program in Madrid, Spain (Carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Faculty Lead: Johanna Liander, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures
Harvard Summer Program in Shanghai, China (Carrying forward from 2019-20 award)
Taiwan
Faculty Lead: Jennifer Liu, Professor of the Practice of Language Pedagogy and Director, Chinese Language Programs
Harvard Summer School Program in Santiago, Chile: Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion Program for Public Health (Second year of funding)
Santiago, Chile
Faculty Leads: Adriana Gutierrez, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in East Africa (Second year of funding)
Kenya and Tanzania
Faculty Lead: John Mugane, Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures and Director, African Language Programs (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in Santiago, Chile: Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion Program for Public Health
Santiago, Chile
Faculty Leads: Adriana Gutierrez, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages (FAS)
This eight-week advanced language and culture course (launching summer 2019) will improve students' linguistic and cultural competency in Spanish through the discussion of topics related to the social, linguistic, and cultural aspects of public health in an international context. Students will be active participants in talks and lectures offered by public health officials and physicians, and will have the opportunity to shadow activities at local health clinics. Students will participate in culturally relevant visits, in Santiago and outside the city, that aim to familiarize students with the culture and history of Chile.
Harvard Summer School Program in Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Faculty Lead: Johanna Damgaard Liander, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages (FAS)
The Summer Program in Madrid (launching summer 2019) is an immersive course designed for intermediate students of Spanish language, and will focus on the history, culture and languages of urban, rural and insular Spain. Students will experience life in Spain's capital, as well as excursions around the capital (Toledo, Segovia) and longer trips to Mallorca and Galicia, two very diverse regions of Spain, coordinated through the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Santiago de Compostela. Lectures from local academics and professionals will further enrich the curriculum. The goal is to provide rigorous course work on all four language skills, as well as direct engagement with the history, cultures and languages of three distinct and significant regions of Spain.
Harvard Summer School Program in East Africa
Kenya and Tanzania
Faculty Lead: John Mugane, Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures and Director, African Language Programs (FAS)
This project aims to develop Harvard faculty-taught courses in Kenya and Tanzania (launching in summer, 2019), including Swahili language instruction, internships and research mentorship. The program, held in Bagamoyo (near Dar es Salaam) with trips to Lamu, Mombasa and Zanzibar will offer Swahili (all levels) as well as two interdisciplinary African Studies courses on African Languages, Beliefs, Cultures and History of the Indian Ocean world. Students will engage in class discussions, field work, language training, and serve as volunteers in local schools, where they will put the Swahili learning to practical use. During the course, students will traverse old and new Mombasa town, visit Lamu historical Island and Zanzibar’s Stone Town, the epicenter of culture, development, and tourism on the island, as well as the peri-urban and rural agricultural areas of the islands. The program seeks to foster an ongoing dialog that will push students to explore the strength of local resilience and the complexity of globalization and development.
From Harvard to the Field: An Analytical Toolkit for International Development
Cambridge, Massachusetts and various international locations
Faculty Lead: Rohini Pande, Professor Public Policy (HKS)
This two-part program (launching summer 2019) will offer students a summer internship working in the field on research projects led by the faculty researchers at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at HKS, prefaced with a two-day International Development (ID) workshop. In the pre-departure program, faculty researchers will teach students about the key issues in international development and how to think about contributing to this field using the tools of development economics and evaluation. Upon students’ return from their internship in the fall, they will engage in a half-day debrief session with the faculty, allowing students to reflect, provide feedback, and discuss their experience candidly. The program will train students to make them more effective learners and contributors while abroad, in addition to serving as a pre-departure course before their internship on an economic development research project.
Harvard Summer School Program in Paris, France: Biology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development (2nd year of funding)
Paris, France
Faculty Lead: Robert Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Italian Language and Cultural Immersion in Calabria, Italy
Calabria, Italy
Faculty Leads: Elvira Di Fabio, Senior Preceptor inf Romance Languages and Literatures and Director, Italian Language Program (FAS) and Adam Muri-Rosenthal, Allston Burr Assistant Dean in Adams House (FAS)
The proposed Harvard Summer School Language and Cultural Immersion Program in Calabria, Italy (beginning in the Summer of 2018) will offer students an opportunity to develop their language skills and cultural competence in an Italian region of rich cultural diversity. Picking up after the first year of Italian at Harvard, the program will offer the equivalent of a full second year of language study in eight weeks through a combination of classroom instruction and experiential learning.
Learning from Land in the Indigenous Territories of Northwestern Canada
First Nations Territory, Northwestern Canada
Faculty Lead: Pierre Bélanger, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
By addressing the inter-relationships land, language, law, and life of indigenous territories, this project plans to engage undergraduate students from Harvard University to participate in an immersive, land-based, hands-on, learning environment offered by the world’s first ‘bush’ university, The Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. By engaging with experienced Faculty and Scholars from the field, Elders of the Dené, the indigenous First Nation located in the subarctic region of the Northwest Territories of Canada, and Community Fellows, students will be engaged in a unique 8-week experience for addressing some of the most pressing issues and complexities of our time from climate change, environmental, and territorial conflicts.
Harvard Summer School Russian Language and Cultural Immersion in Tbilisi, Georgia (2nd year of funding)
Tibilisi, Georgia
Faculty Leads: Julie Buckler, Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (FAS)
Harvard Summer School/Gateways to Modern Southeast Asia (2nd year of funding)
Singapore and Malaysia
Faculty Lead: Sunil Amrith, Mehta Professor of South Asian Studies (FAS)
Harvard Summer School in Brazil
Recife, Brazil
Faculty Leads: Josiah Blackmore, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal (FAS) and Viviane Gontijo, Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (FAS)
This eight-week Summer Abroad Program in Brazil aims to offer Harvard undergraduate students a large range of educational and intellectual goals in an immersion context. Students will attend courses in Portuguese language, literature and culture, as well as participate in workshops conducting by Brazilian professors from local universities. Learners will also be able to participate in a large number of activitites, from cooking workshops to singing and dancing, visits to museums and non-profit organizations. Students will partner with local Brazilian students to develop projects for local communities, and be part of a service-learning program.
Harvard Summer School/Gateways to Modern Southeast Asia
Singapore and Malaysia
Faculty Lead: Sunil Amrith, Mehta Professor of South Asian Studies (FAS)
The proposed program (for Summer 2017) will center on a course in the history of modern Southeast Asia, focusing on the distinctive role of port cities in the creation of Southeast Asia's ethnically and religiously plural societies. The program will also take students to Penang, Malaysia, where they will undertake internships with institutions concerned with cultural heritage, conservation, and urban planning. Students will be offered the opportunity to study the Malay language throughout the program.
Harvard Summer School/Emerging Scholars (Math) in Italy
Italy
Faculty Lead: Robin Gottlieb, Professor of the Practice of Mathematics (FAS)
This proposed program (Summer 2017) will take students in the Emerging Scholars program to Italy for eight weeks of intensive math and history of science. By taking members of this cohort abroad for study, the program hops to reinforce the idea of Emerging Scholars as a program encouraging excellence, designed to help these students maximize their potential during their Harvard experience. Many STEM concentrators, particularly those in the cohort most directly served by Emerging Scholars, do not study abroad and may miss the benefits that global learning can provide. This program aims to change that.
Harvard Summer School Program in Paris, France (Biology and the Evolution of Paris as a Smart City)
Paris, France
Faculty Leads: Robert Lue, Professor of the Practice in Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS); Alain Viel, Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)
Harvard in West Africa Project (with Harvard Summer School)
Ghana and Senegal
Faculty Leads: Emmanuel Akyeampong, Professor of History and of African and African American Studies(FAS); Ousmane Kane, Alwaleed Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society (HDS); John Mugane, Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Faculty Lead: Steven Clancy, Senior Lecturer on Slavic Languages and Literatures (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in Freiburg, Germany
Freiburg, Germany
Faculty Lead: Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History (FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in Vienna, Austria (Vienna: City of Art, Theatre, and Music)
Vienna, Austria
Faculty Leads: John Hamilton, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Comparative Literature and of Germanic Languages and Literatures (FAS); Lisa Parkes, Senior Preceptor in German (FAS)
Mobile Technology Program in India with South Asia Institute
India
Faculty Lead: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor (HBS)
HSCRB/Karolinska Institute Summer Exchange Program
Stockholm, Sweden
Faculty Leads: William Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (FAS/HMS); Kevin Eggan, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (FAS/HMS)
Global Health and Social Media Fellowship
Kigali, Rwanda; Mbarara, Uganda; Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
Faculty Lead: David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics (HSPH, FAS)
Harvard Summer School Program in Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Faculty Lead: Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koc Professor of Turkish Studies (FAS)
Harvard Summer Program in Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Faculty Lead: Eric Rentschler, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Chair of Film and Visual Studies (FAS)
Harvard Shanghai Institute
Shanghai, China
Faculty Lead: Jennifer Liu, Director of the Harvard Chinese Language Program
Archaeology, Food and Heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico
Faculty Lead: Noreen Tuross, Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology (FAS)
Medical Innovation for Low-Resource Global Markets
Bangalore, India
Faculty Lead: Conor Walsh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering (SEAS)
Harvard Study Abroad Program in South Africa
Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Limpopo Province
Faculty Leads: John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, Professors of African and African American Studies, Professors of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Research Fellows in African Studies (FAS)
This 8-week program will be centered in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Limpopo Province. The Program is designed to give its participants a varied experience of Africa. Beginning in Cape Town with a proseminar and two intensive scholarly courses designed to equip students with the kind of cultural literacy necessary to understand African cultures and societies in their own terms, the program will also include opportunities to meet regularly with South African students of varied backgrounds and to discuss critical issues in contemporary African life with major local public intellectuals, jurists, novelists, poets, and scholars. Through excursions to important sites in the history of the struggle against apartheid and opportunities to do community service work on a voluntary basis, the program proposes to provide participants with as broad and deep an understanding as it is possible to gain of a very different social, economic, and cultural milieu.
Spring Term Pilot Program with Columbia-Penn Program in Paris
Paris, France
Faculty Lead: Virginie Green, Professor and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (FAS)
The Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Virginie Greene, will proceed with exploration of a Spring Term Pilot Program in collaboration with the Columbia-Penn Program in Paris, located in Reid Hall. The long term goal would be to establish an agreement with the Columbia-Penn Program, allowing us to provide Harvard undergraduate students a spring term program fulfilling a range of educational goals in an immersion context (French language, literature, history, and culture, guided research), adding a term-time option to the existing eight-week Harvard Summer School program in Paris.
HKUST-SEAS: A Global Partnership for Engineering & Innovation in the 21st Century
Hong Kong, China
Faculty Lead: Evelynn Hu, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering, Area Dean for Electrical Engineering (SEAS)
The Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS) will explore partnering with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to develop A Global Partnership for Engineering & Innovation in the 21st Century, an engineering education initiative grounded in quantitative and analytical approaches to problem solving, which would draw from historical, sociological and humanistic contexts and would be sensitive to the global dimensions and impact of engineering. The program would aim to provide engineering students with opportunities to experience and to experiment in approaches to engineering innovation within a global context. Engineering students face discipline-specific challenges when considering study and work abroad. SEAS seeks to rectify this situation and provide students with an exceptional opportunity to engage in global, team-based engineering projects.
Harvard Summer Program in Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Faculty Lead: Eric Rentschler, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Chair of Film and Visual Studies (FAS)
This 8-week program offers students a chance to explore and discover Berlin, one of contemporary Europe's most significant cities and a seminal site for any understanding of modernity and the modern world. Participants will receive a first-hand exposure to the city and will study films (both features and documentaries) that have represented the metropolis over the last century; meet with prominent German filmmakers and critics; and, in cooperation with film professionals, make and produce short films that reflect (and reflect on) their experience of the city. Participants will enjoy access to the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and will screen the products of their summer endeavors before a public audience a closing special premiere.
Harvard Summer School Program in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Faculty Lead: Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Chair of the Committee on African Studies (FAS), ACLS Frederick Burkhardt Fellow
A renewed funding request was granted for the continued development and implementation of the Harvard Summer School Program in Zanzibar: Resilience and Transformation, an immersive international experience comprising classes, fieldwork, homestays and independent research projects. The program grants credit for Swahili (both beginner and intermediate), taught by Professor John Mugane, Director of the African Language Program. The Swahili course includes assignments in the local community as well as dialogue with conversation partners from the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA). The course taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Resilience and Transformation, trains students to do fieldwork in the developing world, and involves intensive reading and coursework, covering the history of East Africa, slavery, political and social revolutions, and international trade. Both courses incorporated visiting Harvard faculty, local guests and site visits outside of the classroom to take advantage of the opportunities of studying in situ.
From Biome to Genome Program
Shanghai, China
Faculty Lead: Alain Viel, Senior Lecturer of Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)
This research-based program will allow students to spend eight weeks in the mircobiology laboratories of Jiao Tong University working directly with local faculty. Students will live on the Jiao Tong campus and will be joined in the host laboratories by local students. Field trips and cultural activities will be organized throughout the summer to give students the opportunity to explore Shanghai and its surroundings.
Global Health Equity Option in Scholarship Abroad in Rwanda (GHEO Scholars)
Various sites
Faculty Leads: David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics (FAS); Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (HMS)
The GEO Scholars Program will place students in active global health care delivery sites, established and managed by the NGO Partners in Health (PIH). Building on the foundation provided by the course, Societies of the World 25 -- Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health, students will combine coursework with experiential learning in the context of global health care delivery.
Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe
On campus
Faculty Leads: Caroline Buckee, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (HSPH); David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics (FAS), Professor of Global Health and Population (HSPH); Manoj Duraisingh, Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (HSPH)
This preparatory, mentorship-based practicum will educate undergraduates preparing for and/or returning from an international experience in malaria-affected countries. Using malaria as a lens to explore the complexities of global health challenges, students will be provided with a foundational and practical understanding of the disease that spans a continuum of disciplines and perspectives.
From Biome to Genome Program
Shanghai, China
Faculty Lead: Alain Viel, Senior Lecturer of Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)
This research-based program will allow students to spend eight weeks in the mircobiology laboratories of Jiao Tong University working directly with local faculty. Students will live on the Jiao Tong campus and will be joined in the host laboratories by local students. Field trips and cultural activities will be organized throughout the summer to give students the opportunity to explore Shanghai and its surroundings.
Harvard Summer Program in Munich, Germany
Munich, Germany
Faculty Lead: Peter Burgard, Professor of German (FAS)
The Harvard Summer Program in Munich provides a 6-week intensive course on German language and the cultural history of Munich, followed by a 10-day trip to Berlin and Vienna offering intriguing perspectives on that history. Students encounter the cultural and political history of Munich both in the classroom and on site.
Harvard Summer Program in Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Faculty Leads: Brad Epps, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (FAS); Sergio Delgado, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (FAS)
Administered by the Harvard Summer School and the Chile Regional office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, this program will consist of two courses, one focused on social transformation and cultural production in Chile, and the other on public art in Latin America. Students will live with Chilean families and further immerse themselves in local culture through a variety of immersion activities.
Harvard Summer Program in Trento, Italy
Trento, Italy
Faculty Lead: Alfonso Caramazza, Professor of Psychology (FAS)
This 8-week program at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy, provides a unique opportunity to study the mind/brain. Taught by faculty from Harvard and Trento, the courses include lectures, field trips, and hands-on laboratory sessions (e.g., neuroimaging demonstrations). In addition to courses, students will have the opportunity to learn about cognitive science research by participating in experiments, and by attending talks and presentations organized at the research center. Program outings and trips are designed to immerse students in Italian culture and tradition.
Harvard Summer School Program in Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China
Faculty Lead: Rob Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)
This 8-week program combines coursework in the life sciences and the social sciences, and is specifically designed to promote interdisciplinary learning across both broad fields in the context of contemporary China. Offered in collaboration with a major university in Shanghai, the program enrolls both US and Chinese students, creating an exciting cross-cultural learning environment.
International Development Bootcamp:Building a Toolkit for Effective Engagement in Developing Countries
On campus
Faculty Leads: Amitabh Chandra, Professor of Public Policy (HKS); Rema Hanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy (HKS); Asim Khwaja, Professor of International Finance and Development (HKS); Rohini Pande, Professor of Public Policy (HKS)
Serving as an on-campus supplement to an international experience, this bootcamp will train students to be more effective learners and contributors to international development while abroad. Harvard Kennedy School faculty will teach undergraduates about the key issues in international development and how to think about contributing to the field using the tools of development economics and evaluation.
Science, Medicine and Religion in an Age of Skepticism
Cambridge, U.K.
Faculty Lead: Anne Harrington, Professor of the History of Science (FAS)
Administered by the Harvard Summer School, this program is designed as an experiential and project-oriented course that gives students an opportunity to immerse themselves in some of the most important debates about relationships between science and religion in the 19th century, and to reflect on their legacies in our own time. In addition to coursework, students will participate in local and distant field excursions and will have supervised research in the archives of some of England's richest libraries.
Harvard Summer School in Italy
Trento, Italy
Faculty Lead: Alfonso Caramazza, Professor of Psychology (FAS)
A recipient of a PIFIE award in 2010, the Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, with the support of the Harvard Summer School, will run for the second time an eight-week program in the mind/brain sciences at the University of Trento, Italy. Harvard undergraduates live and study with Italian undergraduates in the Italian Alps, learning about relevant topics and research methods while exploring the culture and history of Northern Italy.
Harvard Human Rights Studies Summer Program in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Faculty Lead: Jacqueline Bhabha, Lecturer on Law (HLS); Director of Research, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
Previously a joint program between the University Committee on Human Rights Studies (UCHRS) and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), the DRCLAS Harvard Human Rights Summer Program builds on existing internship opportunities offered through the DRCLAS Summer Internship Program. Phase one of the program, which was funded by a PIFIE award in 2010, took place in Santiago, Chile. Phase two will expand the program to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will provide opportunities for shared experiences and co-learning between the cohorts in Chile and Argentina. In addition to human rights focused internships, students will take an eight-week course that focuses on four core aspects of human rights.
Harvard Study Abroad Program in Kenya
Mombasa, Kenya
Faculty Lead: Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and of African and Africa American Studies; Chair, Committee on African Studies
This eight-week program will be the first Harvard study abroad program in East Africa and will be comprised of three academic components: language study in Kiswahili, a rural resilience/sustainability course, and a course on East Africa in the Global World. In partnership with Aga Khan University East Africa (AKUEA), Harvard undergraduates will enroll with local students from AKUEA and will also participate in hands-on fieldwork. Slated to run in the summer of 2012, the program is being administered through the Harvard Summer School.
Harvard Europe Program
Freiburg, Germany
Faculty Lead: Sven Beckert, Professor of History (FAS)
The Harvard Europe Program will be the first term-time, study abroad program taught on site by Harvard faculty. In partnership with the University of Freiburg, the program will include courses, language tutorials, internships, and field trips, all focused on introducing students to the ways in which Europeans address the many challenges of the modern world, ranging from science and technology to governance and culture. The program will run in the spring of 2012.
Global Equity Option in Scholarship Abroad Program (GEO Scholars)
Various sites
Faculty Leads: David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics (FAS); Paul Farmer, Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (HMS)
The GEO Scholars Program will place students in active global health care delivery sites, established and managed by the NGO Partners in Health (PIH). Building on the foundation provided by the course, Societies of the World 25 -- Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health, students will combine coursework with experiential learning in the context of global health care delivery. Administered by the Harvard Global Health Institute, the program is expected to launch in the spring of 2012.
Global Health Idea Development Site
Pretoria, South Africa
Faculty Lead: David Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering (SEAS)
A joint initiative between the Idea Translations Lab, the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), and Medicine in Need (MEND), this program will be an extension of the undergraduate course, Engineering Sciences 147 -- Idea Translation in the Arts and Sciences. In this course, students develop ideas that impact societies across the world. These innovations, through this program, will be tested and implemented in a real world setting.
Extension of Harvard Summer School Program in Buenos Aires
Corrientes, Argentina
Faculty Lead: Johanna Liander, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (FAS)
The existing six week program will be expanded to eight weeks to include an extended stay in Corrientes, a provincial capital in Argentina that will provide students with exposure to cultural, historical, and language differences from Buenos Aires.
Global Health Boot Camp
Cambridge, MA
Faculty Lead: David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics (FAS)
Organized by the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), this program will establish a rigorous pre-departure training program for undergraduates preparing for global health experiences. The goal is to provide students with a solid understanding of the issues in global health and the tools to work successfully in new environments, while also providing them with essential mentor relationships with scholars in global health at Harvard and beyond.
Harvard Summer School in Trento, Italy
Trento, Italy
Faculty Lead: Alfonso Caramazza, Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology (FAS)
The Mind/Brain/Behavior Interfaculty Initiative, with the support of the Harvard Summer School, will run an eight-week program in the mind/brain sciences at the University of Trento, Italy. Harvard undergraduates will live and study with Italian undergraduates in the Italian Alps, learning about relevant topics and research methods while also exploring the culture and history of Northern Italy.
Global Equity Option in Scholarship Abroad (GEO Scholars) Program
To be determined
Faculty Lead: Paul Farmer, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (HMS); Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population (HSPH)
This program will place students in active global health care delivery sites, established and managed by the NGO Partners in Health (PIH). Building on the foundation provided by the undergraduate course, Societies of the World 25 -- Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health, students will combine didactic coursework with experiential learning in the context of global health care delivery.
Renewal Funding for "Spanish & Community Service Program" and "Health & Spanish Immersion Program"
Locations: Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru
Faculty Lead: Merilee Grindle, Edward S Mason Professor of International Development (HKS)
Recipients of PIFIE funding in 2008-09, these programs will receive additional support to continue their development. The Spanish & Community Service Program, a partnership between the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and the Universidad del Pacifico (Lima, Peru), provides students with a linguistic, cultural, and social experience through intensive Spanish classes and participation in a community service setting. The Health & Spanish Immersion Program, a partnership between DRCLAS and the Pontificia Universidad Catlica, is designed specifically for pre-med students and offers tailored Spanish language instruction while studying health-related topics.
Extension of Harvard Summer School Program in Munich
Munich, Germany
Faculty Lead: Peter Burgard, Professor of German (FAS)
The existing six-week program will be expanded to eight weeks to include full day excursions to historically relevant nearby towns, and extended trips to the other major German city, Berlin, and to the other premier German-speaking cultural center of Europe, Vienna.
Harvard Human Rights Studies Summer Program in Chile
Santiago, Chile
Faculty Lead: Jacqueline Bhabha, Lecturer on Law (HLS); Director of the University Committee on Human Rights Studies
This joint program between the University Committee on Human Rights Studies (UCHRS) and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) will build on existing internship opportunities offered through the DRCLAS Summer Internship Program. In addition to human rights focused internships, students will take an eight-week course that focuses on four core aspects of human rights.
Harvard Nutrition and Global Health Program at the Harvard Initiative for Global Health
Brazil, India, Tanzania
Faculty Lead: Wafaie Fawzi, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
In partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the Harvard Initiative for Global Health has established the Harvard Nutrition and Global Health Program (formerly known as, Fostering Opportunities for Nutrition and Global Health Program) to support the development of multidisciplinary curricula on nutrition and infectious disease, nutrition and chronic disease, and nutrition and perinatal/child health. In Spring 2010, faculty will offer a course titled “Nutrition and Global Health” in the Program in General Education. This course will provide undergraduates with a strong foundation in nutrition and global health issues and provide them with an opportunity to apply these classroom-based academic frameworks to research sites in the field.
Using established research collaborations with partner institutions in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Bangalore (India), and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), students will be placed in mentored internships while gaining unique international experience. The Harvard Initiative for Global Health will provide administrative support and funds will cover in-country mentors, research materials, and faculty/staff travel for program development. Upon completion of the Spring 2010 course, students will begin participating in internships in the summer of 2010.
Harvard Europe Program
Freiburg, Germany; additional activities in Estonia, France, Switzerland and Turkey
Faculty Lead: Sven Beckert, Professor of History, FAS
This semester-long study abroad program will focus on introducing Harvard undergraduates to European answers to the challenges of the modern world. Based in Freiburg, Germany, students will also travel for targeted activities in Tallinn, Estonia; Strasbourg, France; Basel, Switzerland; and Istanbul, Turkey. Following a two-week orientation on European history and contemporary challenges, students will enroll in two seminars taught by Harvard and local faculty members, take language tutorials in either German or French, take at least one course at a local university, and participate in an internship three days a week. Funds will support program development and a program manager. The first offering of the Harvard Europe Program will take place in the spring semester of 2011.
Harvard Summer School Program in China
Shanghai, China
Faculty Lead: Rob Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology; FAS
This will be the second Harvard Summer School program in China (the first is located in Beijing). In collaboration with Fudan University, students will integrate life sciences and social sciences coursework with immersion in the culture of Shanghai. By participating in courses along side students from Fudan, Harvard students will gain a truly cross-cultural experience. Pending successful completion of the inaugural program in the summer of 2009, there are plans to invite Fudan students and faculty to Cambridge for additional research and course development. Administrative support will be provided by the Harvard Summer School. Funding will help cover the ongoing development of new courses, immersive experiences, and course-related internships, as well as a Resident Director to oversee program logistics and student activities in Shanghai.
International Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (I-SURF) Program at the Harvard Initiative for Global Health
Botswana, Bangladesh, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda
Faculty Lead: David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics, FAS and Harvard Kennedy School
The Cambridge-based Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program was established in 2007 to provide students with opportunities to engage in mentored scientific and academic research projects geared toward global health. The success of the program spurred a 94% student participation increase in the summer of 2008 and a range of global health challenges have been studied.
The I-SURF Program will build on this success and expand to pre-existing Harvard-affiliated research sites in Africa and Southeast Asia. Studying global health issues such as HIV and malaria, students will spend 10 weeks this summer contributing to cutting edge research in disparate cultural settings. Administrative support will be provided by the Harvard Initiative for Global Health. Funds will be used to cover the cost of in-country mentors, research materials, and laboratory supplies. Under the mentorship of Drs Calderwood and Ryan, two Harvard College undergraduates will travel to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in Summer 2009.
Spanish and Service-Learning Program
Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru
Faculty Lead: Merilee Grindle, Professor of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Targeting students with only a basic knowledge of Spanish, this program will combine intensive language study and hands-on internships or community service. The model serves two traditionally under-represented groups for international experience at Harvard: students who are not fluent in a foreign language and students whose academic careers are focused on the sciences or pre-medicine. Leveraging Harvard’s established relationships with universities, local NGOs, and public and private organizations, both sites will provide students with unique opportunities in two of the most culturally stimulating cities in the region. Administrative support will be provided by the Chile Regional Office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Funding will cover necessary Harvard faculty/staff travel to program locations, course material development, and outreach to local organizations. The program will commence in the summer of 2009.