FY17 Fund Recipients
21st Century Mailing
Harvard currently receives 100,000+ mail returns per year, which equates to postage fees, staff time to process, and lost opportunity cost with information not reaching intended audiences.
An Automated Allocation Innovation
Our innovation is to create an automated, efficient, and flexible computer tool for these allocation challenges.
Building a Participant Pool for Internal Accessibility Testing
In order to successfully improve Harvard’s broader efforts toward digital accessibility, a greater number of staff members must be engaged in testing and improving technology systems, websites, and other electronic products.
Check-in Safe Abroad
The team at CMES is seeking to correct the challenge of supporting Harvard international scholarly travel during this time of global uncertainty, by finding ways to rapidly and effectively communicate with travelers in a crisis.
Cross-University Executive Education Program
While Harvard University has the unique benefit of eight separate professional Schools that each offer innovative executive education programming, there is no current administrative mechanism that leverages the combined advantages of all Schools’...
Faculty Support Administrators Network
The FSAN aims to contribute to the educational mission of Harvard through sharing knowledge among managers of faculty-support staff, developing best practices for managers and staff, and learning from and sharing with peers.
Financial Training Initiative
Create a plan for a comprehensive and sustainable University financial training program for the University community. The accuracy of financial information plays a critical role at the University leading to a need for a comprehensive financial training...
Healthier Building Materials
A strong and growing body of research from Harvard faculty and other scientists has shown that some of the most effective interventions for enhancing the health, productivity and well-being of people in the built environment is through healthier building...
Launch Analytics Staff Consortium
An initial group of individuals from eleven offices will pilot an Analytics Staff Consortium (ASC) for Harvard staff whose work involves analytics.