Get to know the 2024 Summer Fellows
Fellows will spend the summer embedded in local government, meaningfully contributing to key priorities in areas like affordable housing, climate action, public leadership, and more.
Students
Explore research, resources, and experiential learning opportunities for the student community and future city leaders, at Harvard and beyond.
Access Research
Find multidisciplinary research focused on leadership and management in cities.
Learn
Explore a range of pathways for public problem-solving in our civic engagement teaching case set.
Student Opportunities
City Hall Fellowships
Two-year, paid fellowships in U.S. city halls for Harvard master’s and professional degree graduates.
Applications are closed
Summer Fellowships
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard students to focus on mayors' priority issues.
Applications open each Spring semester
Research Assistants
Yearlong positions to explore research and analysis questions for the Initiative and for cities.
Applications open each semester
Summer Associates
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard students to work with our team, supporting an array of research and program-related 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 DUE BY OCTOBER 25
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
