Accelerator Workshops
The Radcliffe Accelerator Workshop Program provides funding to scholars, practitioners, and artists to propel their original research programs or projects toward a specific outcome: a publication, a grant application, a course curriculum, an exhibition, a performance, or policy recommendations, to name only a few possibilities.
With an eye toward accelerating the spread of innovative ideas and knowledge into the academic or public realm, our workshop program brings participants together to further develop and refine their work as they prepare for its eventual dissemination.
Applications are currently being accepted. To apply, please submit an application here. Applications are due Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 11:59 PM.
- Funding to support one- to two-day, by-invitation-only workshops; to be held during FY24 (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024)
- Hosted on the Harvard Radcliffe Institute campus, subject to health and safety guidelines; accommodates approximately 12–15 participants, subject to budgetary limitations
- Lead applicant must be a Harvard ladder faculty member (tenured or tenure track, including Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine instructors and Harvard Law School clinical professors) from any school; co-applicants may apply with lead applicants who meet eligibility requirements
- Applications are peer reviewed
- Reflect research already under way that would benefit from a range of perspectives and the neutral setting available at Radcliffe
- Aim to produce a defined outcome at the conclusion of the program (e.g., a publication, a grant application, a course curriculum, an exhibition, a performance, or policy recommendations)
- Invite the perspectives of diverse participants and stakeholders to the discussion
- Integrate senior and junior scholars from institutions in the greater Boston area, across the United States, or around the world
- Radcliffe supports engaged scholarship. We welcome proposals that connect research to public policy, pressing social issues, and/or seek to actively engage audiences beyond academia.
- We welcome proposals relevant to the Institute’s focus areas, which include law, education, and justice; climate change, with a particular interest in climate justice; and legacies of slavery.
- Reflecting Radcliffe’s unique history and institutional legacy, proposals that focus on women, gender, and society or draw on the Schlesinger Library’s rich collections are encouraged.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 11:59 PM.
We strongly encourage interested applicants to attend a virtual information session to learn more about the aims of the Accelerator Workshop Program and the application process. Faculty are welcome to attend any session that fits their schedule, but each session will be focused on a different disciplinary area for Q&A purposes. Sign up at this link here.
- Tuesday, January 17, at 1 PM: Life Sciences
- Thursday, January 19, at 3 PM: Humanities
- Friday, January 20, at 11 AM: Social Sciences
- Tuesday, January 24, at 3 PM: Natural/Physical Sciences
- Thursday, January 26, at 1 PM: Arts
Applicants unable to attend one of these sessions should e-mail Don Tontiplaphol, associate director of Academic Ventures and Engagement, at don_tontiplaphol@radcliffe.harvard.edu to receive supplementary information helpful for the application process.
Please read our FAQs. If you still have questions, please contact Don Tontiplaphol, associate director of Academic Ventures and Engagement, at don_tontiplaphol@radcliffe.harvard.edu.