Research Center Operations

01. Gift Administration02. Grant Administration03. Employment04. Office Administration & Operations
Providing Harvard's Administrative Infrastructure—Overseas

For international funding opportunities and long-term engagements that require a physical presence abroad, we offer a fee-for-service suite of operational capabilities through Harvard Global Research and Support Services, Inc. (“Harvard Global”), our affiliated nonprofit legal entity.

Whether you need to receive and manage gifts and grants, employ and pay individuals, or manage entities and office space abroad, we provide a centralized approach to international operations and compliance. Harvard Global’s affiliation with Harvard University enables us to manage overseas operations in accordance with Harvard’s values and requirements, all while assuring faculty and staff control of academic programming and research projects.

We offer a competitive pricing structure for each service. Our standard, predictable service fee simplifies your budgeting and takes the guesswork out of international expenses.

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Gift Administration

Access more donors to support your research and educational activities. In certain locations, we can receive and manage gifts from local donors to support in-country activities and, where possible, activities in the US. Our affiliation with Harvard University ensures we adhere to the University’s standards while offering international donors additional ways to support the University.

Gift Administration Service

Grant Administration

Explore opportunities for research funding. Our service enables you to do more with your research and pursue additional sponsored activities in the US and abroad. We manage the intricate financial and compliance matters of the award lifecycle so you can focus on the groundbreaking research.

Grant Administration Service

Employment

Hiring staff for overseas projects can be enormously complex. Our service simplifies this process and ensures that your faculty, researchers, and staff are paid on time, in the proper currency, and in accordance with local employment laws and practices so that you can focus on the research and academic programming.

This service is ideal for long-term employment (minimum six months) of US expatriates, third-country nationals, and host-country nationals working on Harvard-affiliated projects abroad. We offer pricing models tailored to your program and roll our employment service fee and the employment costs into your reoccurring invoices.

Employment Service

Office Administration & Operations

Extend your program's research and academic mission abroad. Managing an overseas office or long-term program is like starting and running a small business. We support both office administration and core operational infrastructure so that you can focus on your program and research activities rather than the administrative and operational necessities.

This service is ideal for Harvard-affiliated programs with appropriate financial backing who are seeking a long-term presence abroad (generally five years or more) for office or lab space, employment, or banking. Each program’s pricing structure is unique based on the location, duration, and scope of your project.

Office Administration & Operations Service