STUDENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Mon.–Fri., 9 am–5 pm
Byerly Hall Basement, (617-495-2585)
www.seo.harvard.edu

The Student Employment Office (SEO) is a resource for undergraduate students seeking term-time and summer employment. The office and website have listings of on- and off-campus jobs in labs, offices, dining halls, libraries, social service agencies, hospitals, and many other sites. There are also temporary short-term listings, posted positions for child care, and room for service opportunities. Students may register both their qualifications and availability for casual work in the SEO’s skills files for babysitters, typists, translators, musicians, etc. Many incoming freshmen choose to work in dining halls or on the Dorm Crew, but most other students use the resources of the SEO to find their own jobs.

The SEO administers several employment programs that expand student job opportunities. To find out more about these programs and other opportunities, students are encouraged to visit the SEO in the basement of Byerly Hall. A University Identification Card is required to gain admittance. Students may also peruse the SEO’s website (www.seo.harvard.edu). The site contains on- and off-campus job listings available to both Work-Study and non-Work-Study students, a skills file accessible to all employers where students can describe their skills, information about all SEO programs, the text of all its publications, and application forms.

Federal Work-Study (FWS)

Federal Work-Study is a federally funded program designed to create jobs for financially needy students to enable them to meet their educational expenses. The program provides from sixty to one-hundred percent of eligible students’ wages in many on-campus jobs and off-campus positions with non-profit agencies such as schools, health care facilities, and arts organizations. Students are notified of their term-time Work-Study eligibility in their financial aid awards. Information about summer Work-Study is emailed to financial aid recipients in March. Work-Study earnings, like the wages of any other student job, are taxable income.

Research Opportunities
www.seo.harvard.edu/research

Faculty Aide Program

The Faculty Aide Program encourages members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to hire undergraduate research assistants by providing half of each student researcher’s wages. Applications are available to faculty members in September for the term program and in April for the summer program. Jobs are posted in the SEO, and on the website shortly thereafter.

Harvard College Research Program (HCRP)

The Harvard College Research Program supports student-initiated scholarly research or creative endeavors undertaken with faculty guidance. Students can apply for stipends and/or expense reimbursements by submitting a research proposal, budget, résumé, transcript, and letter of recommendation from a faculty member willing to serve as a mentor. Applications may be submitted for fall, spring, and summer terms and are available in the SEO and on the website. Summer HCRP applicants are automatically considered for awards from more specialized funding sources such as the Sam Abramson, Phi Beta Kappa, and Deland fellowships.

Mellon/Mentored Scholars Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program

The Mellon Program aims to encourage African American, Hispanic, and Native American students to enter college and university teaching in selected fields, particularly in the humanities and experimental sciences. Students apply in March of their sophomore year. Selected students receive funding for research undertaken with a faculty mentor and reimbursement for undergraduate loans as they complete each year of a PhD program. Participants are expected to attend six meetings a year focusing on applying to PhD programs.

The Dean’s Summer Research Award

The Dean’s Summer Research Awards are designed to give rising seniors who receive financial aid the opportunity to devote the summer to thesis research. The awards provide students who have already received a research grant with an additional grant to cover the summer savings requirement of their financial aid packages. Recipients will be chosen on the basis of financial need, the quality of the research proposal, and the strength of faculty support.

Other Research Opportunities

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study offers a range of programs that enable undergraduate and graduate students to receive financial support for research and engage with the Institute’s intellectual resources. Visit www.radcliffe.edu/students for complete details on all programs described below.

In 1999 Radcliffe and Harvard colleges merged, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was created. The Radcliffe Institute carries forward Radcliffe College’s historic commitments to excellence in research, and to the study of women, gender, and society. It is a scholarly community where women and men pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts.

Every year approximately 45 scholars and artists come to Cambridge to spend one year doing their work at the Radcliffe Institute—they are called Radcliffe fellows. Through the Radcliffe Research Partnership program, undergraduates can be matched with Radcliffe fellows to work collaboratively on research projects. For information about research partnerships, contact rrp@radcliffe.edu.

In addition, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is home to The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, the world’s preeminent collection of material on this subject. Its outstanding holdings are available to undergraduate and graduate students for their research and interest. The holdings are catalogued on HOLLIS (Harvard On-Line Library Information System). The Schlesinger Library offers research support grants and dissertation grants for undergraduate and graduate students.

The Radcliffe Institute offers a range of programming during the year, including an annual Dean’s Lecture Series, presentations by fellows, and conferences and lectures on a variety of interdisciplinary topics. The Radcliffe Institute welcomes and encourages all students to take advantage of these opportunities.