Generally, we can accept sponsored awards where we have a legal entity.

A variety of sponsored awards flow through Harvard Global. The following list includes examples of current and past sponsors but is not all encompassing:

• European Commission/European Union (e.g., Horizon Europe)
• Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, United Kingdom (FCDO)
• Foreign organizations and governments, as determined by our Board of Directors
• Organizations within the countries where we have entities (e.g., Tata Trusts in India)
• Other sponsors on a case-by-case basis (e.g., Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute)

We do not accept sponsored awards that violate our values of academic freedom and integrity or that conflict with substantive University criteria and research policies (e.g., intellectual property, freedom to publish). We’ve adopted and follow the University’s research policies, which are maintained by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

Before submitting your award application to a sponsor, contact us at sponsored@harvardglobal.org to determine if we’re the appropriate applicant institution. If we are, then you’ll need to include our institutional information (legal name, PIC, etc.) at the proposal stage, so we encourage you to contact us as early as possible.

Our proposal process is similar to the University’s, with a few key differences that we can discuss with you before you apply (e.g., entity information, requirements specific to our sponsors). Completed proposals are due to us for review 10 business days in advance of award submission, and our team is happy to assist you throughout the application and submission process.

For our services, we retain a percentage of the sponsored award’s indirect costs. In most cases, we don’t charge a separate fee.

To operate sponsored awards through Harvard Global, your School and Department are generally responsible for the following:

• Obtaining any School and/or Institutional approvals that may be required in connection with the project (e.g., IRB, Cost Share, Provostial Review, International Collaborations and Activities, OAIR, PI eligibility)
• Pre-award spending, without the Sponsor’s prior approval
• Research oversight and associated administrative support (e.g., maintaining monthly timesheets per the Sponsor’s policies)
• Providing access to any facilities, equipment, materials, and services needed to perform the research
• Secondment of researchers to us in connection with the project*
• Providing all other information and/or support that we may require in a timely manner to fulfill our responsibilities to the sponsor

*If we receive the award in the US, the researchers remain on the US payroll, and you second the researchers to us for work on the award. Secondment does not affect their compensation or your HR obligations to them. See the frequently asked question, "How are PIs and researchers paid for their sponsored award work?" for more information.

Personnel in the US: Harvard University researchers working under our sponsored awards in the US receive compensation included in their Harvard University paycheck. Even though the effort and hours worked under our sponsored award are tracked, recorded, and accounted for separately from effort and hours contributed to typical Harvard University awards, we use the University as our paymaster for on-campus researchers.

Personnel abroad: For sponsored awards received overseas and used to fund an overseas project that we support, the individuals are employed by our in-country entity for their work on the award. This means they receive a paycheck from the local Harvard Global entity.

No, US federal sponsored awards do not flow through our entities.

Sponsors often request the following information to be included in the proposal:

• Legal name: Harvard Global Research & Support Services, Inc.
• Address: 114 Mount Auburn Street, 5th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
• Phone: +1-617-496-1889
• Website: harvardglobal.org
• Type of organization/corporate status: Massachusetts nonprofit corporation
• Tax status: Tax exempt under IRS 501(c)(3) effective February 2, 2012; Massachusetts certificate of exemption issued May 6, 2013
• IRS Employer Identification Number (EIN): 45-4535664; This is a multi-purpose tax identification number assigned to all entities which employ people, pay pensions, or open business bank accounts.
• Board of Directors: Sean Caron, President and Treasurer (Vice President for Campus Services, Harvard University); Mark Elliott, Chair (Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University); Klara Jelinkova (Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Harvard University); John Shaw (Vice Provost for Research, Harvard University)
• Key Officers and Management: Sarah Axelrod (Assistant Vice President, Office for Sponsored Programs), vp-research@harvardglobal.org; Belynda Bady, Associate Director, belynda_bady@harvardglobal.org; Sean Caron, President and Treasurer, president@haravrdglobal.org; Joe O’Regan, Vice President and Clerk, vp-ops@harvardglobal.org and clerk@harvardglobal.org
• Authorized signatory for sponsored awards/LEAR (for European Commission awards): Megan Moore, megan_moore@harvard.edu
• Congressional District: MA-008
• County: Middlesex
• Date established: February 3, 2012