
Applications Open
Spend the summer helping city leaders drive government performance and address pressing social problems in a U.S. or international city hall.
Explore research, resources, and experiential learning opportunities for the student community and future leaders, at Harvard and beyond.
Spend the summer helping city leaders drive government performance and address pressing social problems in a U.S. or international city hall.
Find multidisciplinary research focused on leadership and management in cities.
Learn how multi-agency teams can align interests and perspectives to make progress on complex problems.
Two-year paid fellowships in U.S. city halls for Harvard master’s and professional degree graduates.
APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN LATE FALL 2025
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard graduate students to focus on issues salient to mayors' agendas.
APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 10
Our programs and individual faculty members offer semester and year-long RA positions.
Applications open each semester
Ten-week work placements for current Harvard students to work with our programs and faculty, supporting research and projects.
Applications open each spring semester
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
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
Yearlong Master's thesis projects in cities where we work (for Harvard Kennedy School Master's of Public Policy 2nd year students).
The Bloomberg Center for Cities considers funding requests from recognized Harvard student organizations or groups.
APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN IN FALL 2025
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