Established in 2023 by Faisal Abdulaziz Almogren (MUP ’16) and Nawaf Bin Ayyaf Almogren (MDes ’22), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students enrolled in the Master in Urban Planning, Master in Real Estate, Master of Architecture in Urban Design, or Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design programs, with a first priority for students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, second priority for students from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, or Qatar, and third priority for students from Jordan, Palestine, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Somalia, Libya, or Algeria.

Established in 2008 by family and friends in memory of Mr. Macy DuBois (MArch ’58), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students from Canada.

Established in 2023 by Robert A. Ho (COL ’77), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from the Philippines, Hong Kong, or the People’s Republic of China.

Established in 2018 by the Horne Family Charitable Foundation on behalf of Bridget Colman and Mark M. Colman (AB ’83, MBA ’87), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from Canada.

Established in 2014 by John K. F. Irving (AB ’83, MBA ’89) and Anne Irving Oxley in honor of their father, Jack Irving, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from Canada.

Established in 2020 by Carrie Alice Johnson (MArch ’93), in honor of her parents, John and Etta Johnson, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students with the aim of opening access and expanding opportunities for underrepresented members of the GSD community who are from the United States.

Established in 2004 by Geoffrey Le Plastrier (MArch ’75), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students who are Australian citizens and graduates of accredited Australian universities with a degree in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, or urban planning.

Established in 2024 by the Lodha Philanthropic Foundation, the Justice Guman Mal Lodha Scholars Program provides fully funded financial aid for three or more students from India who are enrolled in the Master in Real Estate, Master in Design Engineering, Doctor of Design, joint degree programs with other schools at the University, or other master’s degree programs at the GSD (in this order of preference).

Established in 2023, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from the People’s Republic of China who are studying architecture.

Established in 2018 by Nipsea Management Company in honor of Gennosuke Obata, the company’s fourth president, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students with a preference for students from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam.

Established in 2023 by Chien Chung Pei and Li Chung Pei, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students with a preference for students from China enrolled in the architecture program.

Established in 2000 by friends and family in memory of Peter R. Rice, the fellowship provides full tuition support for up to two GSD students from Ireland in the Department of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Urban Planning and Design.

Established in 2004 by alumni and friends in honor of Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design and former dean of the GSD, the fund provides financial aid for GSD doctoral students from East Asia.

Established in 2004 by members of the GSD Visiting Committee in honor of Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design and former Dean of the GSD, the fund provides financial aid for international GSD students.

Established in 2017 by Moshe Safdie, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from Israel or Palestine.

Established in 2023 by Costantza Sbokou-Constantakopoulou (MDes ’01), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students enrolled in a master’s degree program with a preference for students from Greece or the Mediterranean region and/or students studying real estate.

Established in 2019 by the STOA Foundation and Chao-Chiung Lee (AMDP ’09), the fund provides financial aid for GSD international students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 2025 by Hailim Suh (MArch ’91), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from South Korea studying architecture, as a first preference, followed by students from South Korea studying landscape architecture or urban planning and design.

Established in 2014 by Tadashi Yanai, founder of UNIQLO, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program who are from Japan.

Established in 2023 by Siddharth Yog (MBA ’04), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from India.

Established in 2018 by Siddharth Yog (MBA ’04), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students from India.

Established in 2016 by Mahdi Amjad in honor of Zaha Hadid, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program who are from the Middle East and North Africa regions.

Established in 2007 by members of the GSD Alumni Council in honor of Alan Altshuler, Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor Emeritus in Urban Policy and Planning and former dean of the GSD, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2012 by the Baldwin family through the Lamb-Baldwin Foundation in honor of Gregory S. Baldwin (AB ’62, MArch ’66, MAUD ’67), the fellowship provides financial assistance for a top-performing GSD student enrolled in the final semester of study in the Department of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Urban Planning and Design.

Established in 1958 through a bequest from Marie Beale in memory of her late husband’s son, Walker Beale (AB 1918), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2023 by William S. Ehrlich (BArch ’67), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2016 by Roger P. Ferris (MDes ’93, LF ’92), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2023 by Arquitectonica Foundation Inc., Laurinda Spear, and Marisa Fort (MArch ’06), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2016 by Perkins&Will in honor of Phil Freelon (LF ’90), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students with the aim of opening access and expanding opportunities for underrepresented members of the GSD community.

Established in 2023 by Jeanne Gang (MArch ’93) and Mark Schendel (MArch ’89), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2022 by Abigail K. Turin (MArch ’97) and Jonathan Gans, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2017 by members of the GSD Alumni Council in honor of the Grounded Visionaries fundraising campaign, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 1993 by David Henig (MArch ’93), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established by Joel Heisey (MAUD ’91, MPA ’91), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students, with first priority of opening access and expanding opportunities for underrepresented members of the GSD community, second priority for first-generation graduate school students, and a third priority for students enrolled in the Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Master in Urban Planning, and joint or concurrent degree programs within the Master of Architecture program (with particular interest in joint degree programs with the Harvard Kennedy School).

Established in 2017 through a bequest from Robert P. Hubbard (COL ’51), the fellowship supports GSD students who are graduates of Harvard College, from New Hampshire, and/or enrolled in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1991 by alumni and friends, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2022 by J.W. Kaempfer Jr. (MBA ’71), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 1984 through a bequest from Lillian Burke Kayser in memory of her husband, George Barr Kayser (AB 1914, MArch 1917), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students who reside either in Massachusetts or New Hampshire.

Established in 2014 by Peter Coombe (MArch ’88) and Betty Chen (AB ’87) in honor of Fred Koetter, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 1981 by Edward M. Lamont Sr. (AB ’48, MBA ’51), the fund provides financial aid for incoming GSD students.

Established in 2007 by LeMessurier Consultants in memory of Professor William J. LeMessurier (AB ’47, GSD ’49), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2016 by Mark Lu and Professor Vivian E. Shih, MD (AM ’98), in memory of his late father and her late husband, Paul Lu (MLA ’67), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students whose area of study is in sustainability.

Established in 2022 by Scott Mead (AB ’77), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2023 by Paul V. Clemeno and Camille P. Mendoza, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2018 by Perkins&Will in honor of Ralph Johnson (MArch ’73) and Kathleen Nagle (MArch ’87), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students with the aim of opening access and expanding opportunities for underrepresented members of the GSD community.

Established in 2022 by Leslie and Sanjay Patel and the Utopia Fund, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 1986 by the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students who graduated from Harvard College and demonstrate a talent for and commitment to public service careers.

Established in 2022 by Jackie Soffer, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2022 by Robyn Morgenstern Rosenblatt (MArch ’97), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2005 by Penelope and Harry Seidler (MArch ’46), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 2005 by former students in honor of Professor Eduard Sekler, Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Osgood Hooker Professor Emeritus of Visual Art, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture II, Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Master in Design Studies, and Doctor of Design degree programs with a proven interest in the history, theory, criticism, historic preservation of architecture, and/or urban design in Europe and non-Western countries.

Established in 1968 by alumni and friends in honor of Josep Lluís Sert’s retirement as dean of the GSD, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students.

Established in 1981 by Lionel B. Spiro (AB ’60, MArch ’63), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students, with a preference for students working across disciplines.

Established in 2009 by His Highness The Aga Khan, the fellowship supports GSD students in the Doctor of Design Studies or Doctor of Philosophy programs whose area of study is Islamic art and architecture.

Established in 2010 by Lawrence H. Curtis (MAUD ’83) and Marla Curtis, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Doctor of Design Studies or Doctor of Philosophy programs whose area of study is related to urban planning.

Established in 2014 by Elizabeth Kay Schodek in memory of her husband, Professor Daniel L. Schodek, the fellowship provides financial aid for incoming GSD students to the Doctor of Design program whose area of study is technology.

Established in 2021 by Kongjian Yu (DDes ’95), the fellowship provides financial aid for doctoral-level GSD students studying landscape architecture, with a preference for students who have studied at Peking University and/or are from countries, regions, or climates that are underrepresented in the GSD’s doctoral programs, including but not limited to the regions of Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa.

Established in 2018 by Dr. Irwin Braverman (AB ’51) in memory of his brother Jordan Braverman (AB ’58, GSD ’59), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Urban Planning program.

Established in 1978 through a bequest from Robert Charles Weinberg (AB 1923, GSD 1926, GSD 1931) in memory of Arthur Coleman Comey (COL 1907), former associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and the School of City Planning (that, together with the School of Architecture, later became the GSD), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Urban Planning program. 

Established in 2003 through a bequest from Earl D. Fraser (MRP ’39) and Elizabeth A. Fraser, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students enrolled in degree programs in the Department of Urban Planning and Design.

Established in 2007 by Lynn C. Schneider (MArch ’77) in honor of Brenda A. Levin (MArch ’76), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students whose area of study is in architecture and real estate, with a preference for women.

Established in 2017 by Leon Drachman (MAUD ’93) and Kevin Sullivan (MArch ’94) in honor of Thomas Payette (MArch ’60), the founder of Payette Associates, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture or Master of Architecture in Urban Design programs.

Established in 2018 by Steven Plofker (MCRP ’80), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Urban Planning program.

Established in 2015 by alumni and friends in honor of Jim Stockard Jr. (MCP ’68, LF ’78), former curator of the Loeb Fellowship program, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students who demonstrate a professional interest in affordable housing and community development.

Established in 2021 by Marc J. Watkins (AMDP ’07), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students who have expressed interest in real estate or entrepreneurship.

Established in 1993 through a bequest from Alma A. Alison, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in their first year of the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 1948 through a bequest from Annie J. Crocker in memory of her husband, Uriel H. Crocker (AB 1853), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 1898 through a bequest from Margaret K. and Charles A. Cummings in memory of their son, Francis Hathaway Cummings, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 1926 by alumni in honor of former Harvard president Charles William Eliot (AB 1853), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 1947 by Francis G. Fabian and his sister, Mary H. Fabian, in memory of their cousin, Fabian Fall (COL 1910), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 1993 through a bequest from Harold W. Lautner (MCP ’36), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program.

Established in 2018 by Richard T. Murphy (MLA ’80), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture II program.

Established in 2002 by Jack Dangermond (MLA ’69), Nickolas Faust, Lawrie Jordan (MLA ’75), and Bruce Rado (MLA ’73) in honor of Carl F. Steinitz, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Planning, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master in Landscape Architecture program with a concentration in geographic information systems.

Established in 2010 through a bequest from Mario Joseph Ciampi (GSD ’33), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1999 in honor of Katherine G. Farley (MArch ’76), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program, with a preference for women.

Established in 2020 through a bequest from Dr. Harold C. Spear (MD ’47) and Suzanne Spear in honor of their granddaughter, Marisa Fort (MArch ’06), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program who are from Florida.

Established in 1989 by family and friends in memory of Henry Browne Hoover (MArch 1926), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students whose area of study is in residential architecture.

Established in 1961 by Abby MacDougall White Howells in memory of her husband, John Mead Howells (AB 1891), the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1974 through a bequest from Elizabeth Cushing Iselin in memory of her husband, William O’Donnell Iselin, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1972 through a bequest from Elizabeth Barr Kayser in memory of her brother, George Barr Kayser (AB 1914, MArch 1917), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1935 through a bequest from Edward H. Kendall (COL 1902), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1994 through a bequest from Louise Leland, Kentucky’s first female architect, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program, with a preference for women.

Established in 2007 by Lynn C. Schneider (MArch ’77) in honor of Brenda A. Levin (MArch ’76), the fund provides financial aid for GSD students whose area of study is in architecture and real estate, with a preference for women.

Established in 1944 through a bequest from Frances E. Markoe in memory of her son, Stephen C. Markoe, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 1966 through a bequest from C. William Palmer, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 2017 by Leon Drachman (MAUD ’93) and Kevin Sullivan (MArch ’94) in honor of Thomas Payette (MArch ’60), the founder of Payette Associates, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture or Master of Architecture in Urban Design programs.

Established in 1962 through a bequest from Alexander Phillips, the fund provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture program.

Established in 2013 by the family of David Kenneth Specter (AB ’52, MArch ’58) in his memory, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Master of Architecture I program who aim to study contemporary urbanism from an international perspective.

The majority of GSD financial aid funds are need-based awards, which means that funding is given based on the financial situation of the student. The only way to know if you will get financial aid is to apply. Since situations change from year to year and there are many variables involved, we cannot quote a specific level where students will or will not qualify for aid.

Yes, the Harvard Committee on General Scholarships offers a wide variety of awards for both US and international students. These scholarships require a separate application to apply. Some applicants need to submit additional materials to accompany the application. Please visit the Harvard Committee on General Scholarships  for more information and instructions on how to apply.

Yes, the GSD has limited need-based grant funds available for international students who qualify. Not all international students who apply for aid will receive financial aid. International students are also eligible to be considered for merit-based aid.

Yes, do not wait until you receive your admissions decision to apply for aid.

As long as you apply for financial aid by the stated deadline and are admitted to the GSD, you should get your financial aid package at the same time as your admissions decision. Please keep in mind that this is dependent on the applicant filling out the financial aid application completely. An incomplete application can result in the financial aid package being delayed.

Late aid applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Since applying for financial aid has no bearing on your admission, all those interested in applying for aid should apply by the aid deadline.

Yes, prospective US students will need to submit both the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the GSD internal financial aid application. You will only be considered for a financial aid package after submitting both forms. The FAFSA can be found online. Information on how to complete the internal financial aid application will be made available once you have completed your admissions application. Both the FAFSA and the internal financial aid application will need to be submitted by February 5, 2023.

The correct federal school code for the GSD is E00212.

Please email the Financial Aid Office at [email protected] for further instructions.

Not usually, if it’s a federal loan. Because you will be in school, you should qualify for loan payment deferment. Harvard participates in a national clearinghouse program that updates lenders with student enrollment dates. However, if your lender requires it, you should contact your lender to obtain a deferment form which will be completed and mailed from our Registrar’s office after you have officially registered.

No. This year’s FAFSA will ask for an earlier year’s tax information, so you won’t need the most recent tax information for that application. The GSD internal aid application will ask for the more recent year income information, so we encourage you to complete that application in late January when you may have a better idea of your total income for the most recent year. You may also use estimates for the most recent year’s income information if necessary.

No. We cannot disburse aid until a student has officially registered for classes. If you have special circumstances, please contact the Financial Aid Office at [email protected].

Yes.

The Student Financial Services Office provides tax reporting documents and offers tax filing resources for students from all Harvard schools. The staff of the Financial Aid Office cannot give you individual tax advice, and we recommend seeking guidance from a qualified accountant or attorney for complicated situations.