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  <div class="hwp-media-gallery--caption-content"><p class="hwp-media-gallery--item\_\_title">Impact Lab Start-Up Funding</p><div class="hwp-text-block"><p><span>Up to $500,000 plus support for Harvard faculty to start or expand an impact lab. </span></p><p>Letters of Interest were due March 18, 2026. </p><p><a href="/applying-impact-lab-start-funding" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e51e552a-013a-4fa3-8972-9c46dd9052ce" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Applying for Impact Lab Start-Up Funding"><span>→ LEARN MORE</span></a></p></div></div>   

 ](https://impactlabs.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum8861/files/2025-03/HIL_Bullseye_Square_2.jpg) Impact Lab Start-Up Funding

Up to $500,000 plus support for Harvard faculty to start or expand an impact lab.

Letters of Interest were due March 18, 2026.

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  <div class="hwp-media-gallery--caption-content"><p class="hwp-media-gallery--item\_\_title">Public Service Leave</p><div class="hwp-text-block"><p>Funding to enable Harvard faculty to take a leave to work in government or a nonprofit organization. </p><p>Now accepting applications due September 18, 2026. </p><p><a href="/call-applications-public-service-leaves" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="71531fe3-daa2-45d7-9e9e-69fe1365bcc7" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Call for Applications for Public Service Leaves"><span>→ LEARN MORE</span></a></p></div></div>   

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Funding to enable Harvard faculty to take a leave to work in government or a nonprofit organization.

Now accepting applications due September 18, 2026.

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  <div class="hwp-media-gallery--caption-content"><p class="hwp-media-gallery--item\_\_title">Impact Lab Development Fellowship</p><div class="hwp-text-block"><p>Training, coaching, and support for Harvard faculty interested in launching an impact lab.</p><p>Applications were due June 2, 2026. </p><p><a href="/applying-impact-lab-development-fellowship" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0d1cffff-5be3-48b3-abf1-b0b344d6c596" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Applying for the Impact Lab Development Fellowship">→ LEARN MORE</a> </p></div></div>   

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Training, coaching, and support for Harvard faculty interested in launching an impact lab.

Applications were due June 2, 2026.

[→ LEARN MORE](/applying-impact-lab-development-fellowship "Applying for the Impact Lab Development Fellowship")

 

 



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  <div class="hwp-media-gallery--caption-content"><p class="hwp-media-gallery--item\_\_title">Application Calendar</p><div class="hwp-text-block"><p>Key dates and timelines across our three funding opportunities. </p><p><a href="#calendar"><span>→ GO</span></a></p></div></div>   

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Key dates and timelines across our three funding opportunities.

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## 2026 Application Calendar

### Impact Lab Start-Up Funding

SortDateActionJanuary 

Request for proposals released

March 18

Letters of Interest due

May

Selected applicants invited to submit full application

July 24

Full applications due

October

Revise & resubmit applications; partner meetings

November 

Labs selected and notified





### Public Service Leaves

SortDateActionApril

Request for applications released

September 18

Applications due (expressions of interest are accepted on an ongoing basis)

November

Virtual interviews for those advancing to the interview stage

November/December

Participants selected and notified





### Impact Lab Development Fellowship

SortDateActionApril

Request for applications released

June 2

Applications due

June-July

Virtual interviews for those advancing to the interview stage

August

Participants selected and notified

September

Fellowship begins







 

 

 

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