Opportunities

A concentration in Sociology is about far more than courses and electives. We strongly encourage our concentrators to take advantage of opportunities in the department and throughout the Harvard community. See below to learn more about:

Sociology Research Opportunities Mailing List

The Sociology department receives opportunies for research assistantships, scholarships and fellowships, research conferences, and jobs from many affiliate programs. If you are a declared Sociology concentrator and would like to receive notices about these opportunities you may join our list and manage your preferences here: https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/soc-undergrad-research.

You may join or remove yourself from the list at any time.

Student Employment, Research and Funding Opportunities

Sociology concentrators are competitive for many employment, research, and funding positions available through other departments and offices at Harvard. The following are a list of programs that Sociology students regularly participant in:

Harvard Radcliffe Institute: Radcliffe Research Partnership Opportunities - Paid research assistantships working with Radcliffe fellows. Positions are typically announced during the summer (June and July) for year-long assistantships.

IQSS Undergraduate Research Scholars - The IQSS Undergraduate Research Scholars program is an opportunity for Harvard College students to gain first-hand research experience working with faculty members all across the University. These opportunities are paid.

BLISS – Behavioral Laboratory in the Social Sciences - The Harvard College BLISS program is a summer residential program for Harvard undergraduates designed to provide a formative and substantive social science research experience and to promote community, creativity, and academic excellence. BLISS provides housing and board, a stipend for expenses, and coverage of summer savings obligations for financial aid recipients; it also provides academic and professional development programming for the student fellows. Faculty project descriptions are posted on this website in January, and the student applications are due in mid-February.

Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships - The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URAF) serves Harvard College students as well as faculty and administrators across the university as the primary source of information about undergraduate research and prestigious scholarships at Harvard and beyond.

Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association -Undergraduate organization that posts opportunities including conferences and publishing.

Foundation of Human Behavior Initiative - The Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative posts paid Faculty Research Assistship opportunities throughout the academic year.

PRIMO: Program for Research in Markets and Organizations - A 10-week summer program for undergraduates who wish to work closely with Harvard Business School faculty on research projects on topics ranging from business strategy to social media, and from innovation management to private equity. Applications open in December for the following summer.

HCRP: Harvard College Research Program - A database of research funds and opportunities across Harvard.