Harvardâs Undergraduate Council reduced the maximum allocation per student under its Career Opportunity Fund to $200 due to higher demand from students than anticipated, according to a UC Finance Committee statement.
Finance Committee Chair Daniella M. Berrospi â24 created the Career Opportunity Fund to provide first-generation, low-income students with the resources to pay for the expenses of internships â primarily clothing â and other external projects.
The program was absorbed into the funding for Wintersession â the period marking the last 10 days of winter break â to consolidate applications for the different program offerings and simplify the grant distribution process.
According to Eliot House Representative Rukmini âMiniâ Ganesh â22, the UC increased the Wintersession funding from $10,000 to $30,000 to better satisfy student demand. Of this $30,000, roughly half went towards the Career Opportunity Fund.