Contact

Loeb Fellowship
48 Quincy Street
420 Gund Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-495-9345
Fax: 617-684-9254
loeb_fellowship
@gsd.harvard.edu

Loeb Fellowship

Application Information

Who Should Apply | Application Forms | Application Process | Selection Process | Nomination Form

 

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Application Deadlines

Application forms for the Fellowship year September 2009- June 2010 will be available online September 1, 2008. Applications, letters of recommendation, and supplemental materials are due January 5, 2009. The forms below are from the previous year and give an example of the questions asked.

Application Forms

Forms are downloadable Word Documents which you can type information onto from Word or print out.


Who Should Apply

Loeb Fellows are accomplished, mid-career professionals who have been engaged in their field for a minimum of five years, have compiled a record of exemplary work, and have been identified as leaders by their peers. Most applicants have expertise in the disciplines in which the Design School grants degrees - architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and urban design. Others come from related fields such as journalism, fine arts, nonprofit administration, and public service. Good candidates typically share a passion for improving the quality of the built and natural environment, and a commitment to improving their own skills in pursuit of that goal. Ideal
applicants demonstrate a proven ability to create their own program of work or study and carry it through to completion.

Since the central focus and goal of the Fellowship is to improve the environment of cities and natural areas in the United States, most applicants are from this country. However, it is clear that the program's goal cannot be accomplished without reference to work being done in other parts of the world. Therefore, the Fellowship welcomes applications from qualified international practitioners. Diversity is a very important consideration for the Fellowship on many levels. Applications are encouraged from men and women, people of color, and those with both typical and atypical career paths.

The Fellowship is intended to serve practitioners, not to be an academic sabbatical. Applications from full-time academics are not encouraged. However, candidates whose work is divided between teaching and practice, and for whom this program will reinforce their work as practitioners, are welcome to apply.

Application Process

All applicants are required to submit the application form and four letters of recommendation. The portfolio and/or supplemental materials are optional.

1. Application Form: Review the instructions for completing the application form on page two of the form. Answers to the questions may be submitted on separate sheets of paper.

2. Letters of Recommendations: Four letters of recommendation from professional colleagues are required. Review the instructions on the form. Applicants should send all four letters with the completed application form by the deadline.

3. Portfolio and/or Supplemental Materials: Applicants are encouraged to submit portfolios or other supporting materials, including magazine articles, books or other work that illustrates their most important professional accomplishments.

Reapplication Process

If you are reapplying from the previous year you must complete a new application form. Additional letters of recommendation are not required; however, if you have completed significant new work since previously applying, additional recommendations may be submitted.

Selection Process

A selection committee composed of four faculty members from the Design School, four alumni of the Fellowship, and the Curator, reviews all applications and selects approximately 20 finalists. The Curator and one or two alumni or "friends" of the Fellowship will conduct individual interviews with each of the finalists. Ten Fellows are selected in early April to begin their year in residence the following September. The application process for the Loeb Fellowship is highly competitive. Many deserving candidates may not be selected in a given year, but are encouraged to reapply in the future.

For additional information, please contact:

Loeb Fellowship
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street room 420
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-9345
e-mail : loeb_fellowship@gsd.harvard.edu

Nomination Information

Nomination is not a requirement for application, however many excellent candidates learn about the Fellowship opportunity through the nomination process.

Please use this nomination form to introduce promising candidates to the Fellowship.

Either email the form directly to the Fellowship or download the form, fill it out and fax or mail to the Fellowship office.

Once the Fellowship office receives the completed nomination form, application materials will be forwarded to the prospective candidate.

The nomination process is anonymous. The Fellowship does not indicate the name of the nominator in the letter sent to the prospective applicant, however nominators are encouraged to contact the nominee and talk with them about the fellowship opportunity.

 

In accordance with Harvard University policy, The Graduate School of Design does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or handicap in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.