Alumni giving helps us serve humanity by advancing science, medicine, and education.
The School’s mission is ambitious: to improve health and well-being for all. To achieve this mission, we depend on your philanthropic support.
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Where it is Needed Most (Unrestricted)
- Flexible support fuels the training and discoveries that define HMS: broadening access through financial aid, advancing cutting-edge research, sustaining our MD-PhD and other flagship programs, enhancing faculty development, and driving educational innovation.
- Across departments, there is a focus on projects examining AI’s potential to transform education and patient care in thoughtful and ethical ways.
Financial Aid and Education
- 71% of the student body at HMS receives financial aid.
- This year, HMS provided $19 million in MD scholarships.
- The average graduating debt of MD students in 2025 at HMS was $119,656, compared to an average of more than $199,000 at both public and private U.S. medical schools.
Global Health and Service
- The Office for Community-Centered Medical Education enables our students and faculty to engage more meaningfully with community-based organizations in underserved local neighborhoods.
- The Paul Farmer Collaborative of HMS and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda promotes the development of sustainable, equitable health systems that improve care delivery to disadvantaged populations worldwide.
Culture and Community
- Supports HMS programs that promote collaboration, dialogue, and community-building on our campus, ensuring that everyone can thrive while uniting to assist local communities in need.
Research and Therapeutics
- The Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood, an incubator laboratory space, is now operating at 83 percent capacity. Half of the companies there were founded by Quad faculty members.
- The Quadrangle Fund for Advancing and Seeding Translational Research (Q-FASTR) has funded 100 projects that have led to seven new companies, 53 patents, and nearly $349 million in follow-on funding.
Tribute Giving
Raise tribute gifts in support of HMS and as a way to honor or memorialize members of our community.
Alumni Impact
When MD alumni serve HMS together, they create a powerful collective impact that reaches students, patients, and communities. Here, you’ll see how gifts of all sizes, along with the time and expertise alumni share, make that impact possible.