Recruitment and Outreach
Campus Visits and Conferences
We invite you to connect with us to learn more about our programs, the admissions process, and how to prepare a strong application. Our travels bring us to campuses, educational events, and conferences across the country. We look forward to meeting you! Click here for our complete travel schedule: https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs/recruitment-and-outreach.
Current Student Outreach
There are many opportunities for our graduate students to participate as mentors in outreach programs for high school and undergraduate students at Harvard. Many DMS students participate in the following programs and a complete list can be found here.
Faculty Outreach
Faculty Ambassador Program
In conjunction with travel to give traditional departmental seminars, interested faculty attend an additional meeting with students from underrepresented backgrounds and/or directors of programs for URM students at the institution or at a nearby minority serving institution. Faculty will talk a little bit about their research with the students and discuss tips and strategies to prepare a strong application to PhD or MD-PhD programs and share words of wisdom on how to best prepare to pursue a PhD or MD-PhD degree. Faculty also leave time for students to ask any questions or concerns they have. In some cases, our current graduate students also participate in these visits. Members of the Harvard Griffin GSAS Office of Diversity and Inclusion along with students in the life sciences help schedule/coordinate the meetings and provide materials and talking points to faculty interested in this. Faculty interested can reach out to xdumaine@g.harvard.edu at least a month in advance, to let us know their travel plans and potential dates/times available for a meeting with students and we can plan and schedule the visit.
The Harvard Griffin GSAS Research Scholar Initiative is a non-degree granting post-baccalaureate program that provides mentored research and training for individuals interested in pursuing doctoral studies. In the Harvard Griffin GSAS Research Scholar Initiative post-baccalaureate program, research scholars work with a Harvard faculty member as a research assistant, participate in professional development seminars, and receive GRE preparation support. In addition, scholars may take undergraduate and/or graduate coursework in preparation for doctoral studies. While Harvard Griffin GSAS cannot guarantee admission to Harvard or peer doctoral programs, the goal of the initiative is to enhance scholars’ competitiveness when applying to a doctoral program.
<embed>Graduate Application Fee Waiver
For applicants for whom the application fee would be a financial hardship, we offer need-based fee waivers. Email admiss@fas.harvard.edu to request a fee waiver request form. Please note that no application for admission can be considered before the application fee has been paid or a fee waiver request has been approved.
