STUDENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Mon.–Fri., 9 am–5 pm
86 Brattle Street, (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 jobs database, accessible through our website, has 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, located at 86 Brattle Street along with Admissions and Financial Aid, or to peruse the website (www.seo.harvard.edu). The site contains on- and off-campus job listings available to both Work-Study and non-Work-Study students and information about the various research programs offered through the SEO.

Federal Work-Study Program (FWSP)

The Federal Work-Study Program is a federally funded program designed to create jobs for financially needy students to enable them to meet their educational expenses. Students earn competitive wages either on-campus or with off-campus non-profit agencies such as schools, health care facilities, and arts organizations. Employers pay a percentage of the hourly wage while the federal government pays a large percentage of the hourly wage. 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 the spring. 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 faculty members across the University 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 through the SEO jobs database.

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/Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF)

To counter the serious shortage of faculty of color in higher education, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program encourages minority students and others with a demonstrated commitment to racial diversity to pursue academic careers. It provides opportunities for talented undergraduates to engage in research and other facets of academic life under the guidance of faculty mentors. The program also features group activities, where students share intellectual interests and focus on topics of importance to young minority scholars. Students apply in March of their sophomore year. Selected students receive funding for research undertaken with a faculty mentor during their junior and senior years. The MMUF Program meets monthly throughout the academic year to discuss applying for PhD programs and to present their research findings to one another. MMUF are eligible for reimbursement for undergraduate loans for each year they complete a PhD program.

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. Grants are applied to a students' term bill and are not awarded as cash. Recipients will be chosen on the basis of financial need, the quality of the research proposal, and the strength of faculty support.

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.