# Proposals ## expand\_more In the 2026-27 award cycle, the PIFIE will fund up to ten proposals by Harvard faculty members, on a competitive basis (see Selection Criteria for more information). Applications will fall into three categories: 1. Requests for funding to develop and implement a new international program 2. Requests for funding to make exploratory or planning site visits, or 3. Requests from prior award recipients for renewal funding. **Grants in the range of $5,000 to $60,000 will be available.** ## How to Apply **Applications for activities that will take place in the 2027 calendar year will be accepted until October 23, 2026.** Applications should include: - A new [Proposal Application Form](https://pifie.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum9031/files/2026-07/PIFIE%20Application%20FORM%2026-27.pdf) (writeable in Adobe Acrobat Professional) - A description of the activity (not more than two pages) - A detailed budget (including categories of expense and specific planned expenditures, e.g., travel, food, honoraria, facilities rentals, etc.; see [Proposal Development](https://prod-pifie.drupalsites.harvard.edu/proposal-development) for more information on approved expenses) - A plan for administrative management of the activity - Letters of commitment to the project (one from the designated faculty leader assuming fiscal, administrative, and intellectual responsibility for the program and one from each participating faculty member specifying the level of involvement to which he or she is prepared to commit) - A proposed plan for securing program funding after the PIFIE award has been used **If the proposed program will take place during the fall or spring semester**, applicants are required to submit an authorization letter from the department chair and the School Dean approving the faculty member's absence during the relevant semester. Please send all application materials to the Office of Undergraduate Education at .