Get to know the Third Cohort of City Hall Fellows
Fellows spend two years in cities throughout the U.S., working with city hall colleagues to address mayors’ key priorities.
Students
Explore research, resources, and experiential learning opportunities for the student community and future city leaders, at Harvard and beyond.
Work with us
Harvard students: apply now for paid research assistant positions for the spring 2025 semester.
Explore
Learn how multi-agency teams can align interests and perspectives to make progress on complex problems.
Student Opportunities
City Hall Fellowships
Two-year paid fellowships in U.S. city halls for Harvard master’s and professional degree graduates.
Applications open in spring. Join a December information session
Summer Fellowships
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard graduate students to focus on issues salient to mayors' agendas.
Applications open in spring. Join a December information session
Research Assistants
Our programs and individual faculty members offer semester and year-long RA positions.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. APPLY BY DECEMBER 2
Summer Associates
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard students to work with our programs and faculty, supporting research and projects.
Applications open each spring semester
Summer Internships
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard undergraduate students to explore local government (in partnership with the Institute of Politics).
Applications open each spring semester
Field Lab Courses
Harvard Kennedy School classes (like Budgeting and Decision Science) with project-based learning in partnership with cities where we work.
Course Registration Opens Each spring Semester
Policy Analysis Exercises
Yearlong Master's thesis projects in cities where we work (for Harvard Kennedy School Master's of Public Policy 2nd year students).
Student Funding
The Bloomberg Center for Cities considers funding requests from recognized Harvard student organizations or groups.
APPLICATIONS OPEN JANUARY 6
Global Impact
My time with the Initiative helped me contextualize policymaking across federal, state, and local levels of government, and I plan to use what I’ve learned to help cities, including my hometown, serve their residents more effectively.Ryan Leou
Research Assistant
