Applications open for Leob Fellowship

Benefits

• Up to 10 fellowships per year, drawing applicants from across the US and the world.
• The time for learning and the intellectual resources to fortify practice and expand vision, all in the service of improving the future of the built and natural environment.
• The opportunity to audit classes, tuition free, throughout Harvard and MIT.
• A comfortable stipend and modest housing in Cambridge.
• A worldwide network of alumni colleagues and supporters.

Eligibility Criteria 

• They encourage applications from a wide range of practitioners whose work focuses on improving the built and natural environment. In short, people of exceptional skill who design, plan, preserve, and critique the places where they live, work, and play are eligible to apply.
• Harvard University encourages applications from a wide range of practitioners whose work focuses on improving the built and natural environment. In short, people of exceptional skill who design, plan, preserve, and critique the places where they live, work, and play are eligible to apply.
• The program is for people in mid-career, with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience in the field. It seeks professionals who have leadership ability, a strong drive to help others succeed, and who show the potential to take their capacities to higher levels. The opportunities presented by the Fellowship work best for those experienced enough to ask the hard questions, but with plenty of time left to make an impact. A typical Loeb class averages about 42 years of age.
• The Fellowship is for practitioners. It is not an academic sabbatical program or an artist residency; there are many other programs for those purposes. The Loeb is unique in providing support for renewal and reflection in an active career.

Selection Criteria

• A Selection Committee comprising three faculty members from the GSD, three alumni of the Loeb Fellowship, two outside practitioners, and the curator of the program will review all applications and select approximately 20 shortlisted applicants by the end of February. All applicants will be advised of their status by early March. Each shortlisted applicant will then have up to three separate interviews: one with the Curator, one with a member of the Selection Committee, and a third with someone who has knowledge of the program. The Committee will meet in mid-April to select 9 or 10 Fellows. Fellows will be notified of their selection by the end of April.

For more information, visit Leob Fellowship.