Government Service Corps – Baltimore

A cross-sector platform connecting Baltimore’s academic community to the city’s most pressing civic challenges.

The Nexus Harbor Government Service Corps (GSC) is a co-hosted initiative between the City of Baltimore’s Mayor’s Office of Performance & Innovation (OPI), Nexus Harbor at Johns Hopkins University, and other regional higher education institutions. It mobilizes student talent, faculty expertise, and community insight to deliver high-impact solutions for city agencies.

We’re a cross-sector team passionate about bold ideas, working with public institutions and communities to create innovative solutions that deliver real-world impact.

Nexus Harbor Government Service Corps – Baltimore

Embedding Fellows and Scholars in city projects to improve services, strengthen infrastructure, and advance equity across Baltimore.

Challenge Definition

The Mayor’s Office of Performance & Innovation (OPI) identifies high-priority civic challenges in collaboration with agencies and community stakeholders.

Fellows (faculty or experienced practitioners) and Scholars (undergraduate or graduate students) are matched to projects, with Agency Mentors assigned from city departments.

Team Formation

Coaching & Collaboration

Fellows provide expertise and leadership, Scholars apply academic skills, and Agency Mentors offer operational guidance, working together with community input to co-develop solutions.

Teams design, test, and refine solutions, presenting outcomes to agency leadership and sharing results through a civic knowledge commons for replication and scaling.

mplementation & Sharing

Join our team to design impactful civic and community solutions.