Funding is now available to students for projects promoting a culture of pluralism and fostering dialogue and engagement across difference. The President’s Building Bridges Fund (PBBF), a presidential initiative now in its second year, seeks to fund student-led projects that engage students in meaningful conversations on challenging topics and build skills necessary to respect, relate, and cooperate across difference. Projects may support:
- Building meaningful relationships between affinity groups whose interests or perspectives on important issues may diverge;
- Advancing intellectual excellence by listening deeply, navigating tension constructively, and fostering cooperation across differences to solve common problems;
- Acting against discrimination, bullying, harassment, and hate; and
- Fostering dialogue and engagement across differences on campus about interfaith or intercultural issues, or a combination of both.
Applications are due by 5:00 PM EDT on October 30, 2025 for projects to be implemented during the 2025-26 academic year. More details can be found on the President’s Building Bridges website. To learn about projects funded last year, read this story in the Harvard Gazette.