Financial Support
Provided that satisfactory progress is maintained, all students accepted into the program are awarded full support, including a stipend, full tuition, and health insurance.
Students are strongly encourage to apply for outside fellowships during their senior year of undergraduate study. Fellowships that our students have been awarded include the National Science Foundation, National Defense Science and Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Hertz. Foreign applicants may be eligible for funding from Harvard-related sources based in their home country as well.
Application Fee Waivers
If applying to the program causes financial hardship, you may request a fee waiver form by e-mailing the GSAS Office of Admissions at admiss@fas.harvard.edu. Please include "fee waiver" in the subject line.Requesting a fee waiver does not affect your chances of admission.
GSAS Conference and Summer Research Grants
The Graduate Student Council offers grants for conference attendance and summer research on a competitive basis to GSAS students who are enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program or who are GSAS Special Students, who are members of the Council and whose department has been represented at GSC monthly meetings. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~gsc/funding_01_conf_grants.php