Applications for the 2025-26 Fellowship are now open. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2025.
We 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 we 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. We seek 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.
Fellows take stock of what they have learned, expand skills in the midst of a great university and chart the next phase of their careers to become more effective agents of change.
We value a creative and motivated work history and a commitment to supporting others above more traditional credentials. A completed degree in higher education is not a requirement. Professionals with atypical backgrounds or unusual career paths who have demonstrated the capacity to make a difference in their fields are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Please read the following information and FAQs carefully before considering an application and before contacting the Loeb Fellowship office with questions. If your questions are not answered in our materials, feel free to contact us at loeb_fellowship@gsd.harvard.edu.
Application Process
The Loeb Fellowship has an online application process that is open from fall until early January for a Fellowship during the following academic year. All candidates are required to submit an application, three (3) letters of recommendation, and a resume. Supplemental materials are optional but highly recommended. If you have specific questions about the online application process, please contact the Loeb Fellowship office.
Online Application
You will be asked to register in order to submit an online application via SlideRoom. Please answer all questions on the application form, taking notice of the suggested length for answers.
Application Fee
There is currently no fee to apply for the Loeb Fellowship.
Letters of Recommendation
Deadline for letters of recommendation is the same as the application due date.
During the online application, you will be asked to enter the names and contact information for 3 professional associates who will provide letters of recommendation. A request to your recommenders will be sent to them immediately by the online application system, SlideRoom. Please alert your recommenders that the request will be from SlideRoom and not from the Loeb Fellowship. (You do not have to complete the application process for the request to recommenders to be set in motion). They will receive instructions to enter their recommendations into the online system.
Letters from colleagues, clients, collaborators and individuals who are knowledgeable about your work will carry the most weight. Letters are confidential and are not available to the applicant.
Resumé
You will be prompted to attach a copy of your professional resumé. Please be sure that it includes dates of your work history. While the Loeb Fellowship does not have any educational or degree requirements for admission, if you have earned degrees, please include the name of the educational institution, degree granted (do not use initials), and the year you received the degree.
Portfolio and Supplemental Materials
During the online application process, you will be asked if you want to submit your portfolio and/or supplemental materials, such as articles, books, videos, visual representations, lectures, or similar indicators of your work. The submission of supplemental materials is optional; however, we strongly encourage applicants to submit up to five documents illustrating their work.
Reapplication Process
If you were an applicant in a previous year, to reapply you must complete a new application through the online system, including contact information, forms, resume, portfolio, and/or supplemental materials. Letters of recommendation from the immediate previous year will be available to us; however it is advisable to obtain at least one new letter that reflects work during the intervening year(s). Letters of recommendation from years prior will not be accepted.
Selection Process
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.
Selection for the Loeb/ArtLab Fellowship
Candidates who indicate interest in being considered for the Loeb/ArtLab Fellowship will also be reviewed by ArtLab during the admissions process. If the applicant is selected for a Loeb Fellowship and also meets ArtLab’s selection criteria, they may then be offered the opportunity to become a joint Loeb/ArtLab Fellow.
Website link: https://loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/apply-nominate/
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