Xylem becomes first J-WAFS Research Affiliate
Global water technology company signs agreement with J-WAFS for directed research and support of student activities and other water-related initiatives.
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Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
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MIT Sloan takes interdisciplinary approach to managing food safety risks in China
Team announces collaboration with the Walmart Foundation.
How to achieve “green” desalination
Workshop explores ways to reduce or eliminate the carbon footprint of seawater desalination plants.
J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
Growing season
New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.
Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel ’78 earns MIT Alumni Association’s highest honor
MIT Corporation life member and global entrepreneur honored for his history of service and philanthropy at MIT.
J-WAFS awards $1.3 million in second round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.
J-WAFS conference reflects growing interest in food and water research
The MIT community turned out in force, along with attendees from the corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Team wins prize for bringing rentable refrigeration to India’s food supply chain
Modular boxes that keep food shipments fresh win Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize.
J-WAFS to host inaugural conference
Program will feature advances in technologies at the nexus of food, water, and the environment.
Water management in a changing environment
MIT Water Summit presents insights, innovations, and solutions to protect our world’s most abundant natural resource.
Students challenged to drive change with new MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
J-WAFS receives a gift from Rabobank in support of a new student innovation competition, to be run by the MIT Food and Agriculture Club.
J-WAFS Solutions awards two $150,000 commercialization grants
Renewable grants awarded to PIs in materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and biology.
Deshpande Center announces fall 2015 research grants
Fifteen research teams receive $1,151,000 to develop new technological innovations.
J-WAFS awards $1.8 million in first round of seed-grant funding
Nine grants of $200,000 for two years have been awarded to researchers from 11 MIT departments.