Dear Students,
In response to the preliminary recommendations made by both the Presidential Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Palestinian Bias and the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias, I am pleased to announce the President’s Building Bridges Fund.
This new source of support, funded through my office, offers Harvard students an opportunity to deliver projects that build bridges across differences. Grants will be awarded to selected projects that bring together diverse groups of students along one or several of the following lines: building relationships between affinity groups whose interests and views on important issues might diverge; investing in intellectual excellence; acting against discrimination, bullying, harassment, and hate; and fostering constructive dialogue on campus about interfaith issues, intercultural issues, or some combination of the two. Applications are welcome from today until Monday, January 6, 2025.
Our own community has the skills, creativity, and commitment to develop approaches that will help us heal and to expand opportunities for constructive engagement. If you have an idea that speaks to these goals, I hope that you will consider putting it into action by applying for a Building Bridges grant.
Sincerely,
Alan M. Garber