Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Announces 2026 Summer Fellows
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Student Opportunities
City Hall Fellowships
Two-year paid fellowships in U.S. city halls for Harvard master’s and professional degree graduates.
2026 APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED. APPLICATIONS OPEN EACH SPRING SEMESTER
Summer Fellowships
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard graduate students to focus on issues salient to mayors' agendas.
2026 APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED. APPLICATIONS OPEN EACH SPRING SEMESTER
Research Assistants
Our programs and individual faculty members offer semester and year-long RA positions.
Applications open each semester
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).
2026 APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED. 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 EACH SEMESTER
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
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