MIT-Pillar AI Collective announces first seed grant recipients
Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, and machine learning receive funding for projects that have potential commercial applications.
Novo Nordisk to support MIT postdocs working at the intersection of AI and life sciences
MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program will support up to 10 postdocs annually over five years.
MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge grants more than $60,000 to student-led teams to address pressing societal issues
The Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center's IDEAS program empowers teams partnering with communities to tackle a range of social challenges.
Innovators across the world gather at MIT to take their businesses to the next level
New Venture Advancement Program from MIT Bootcamps uses unique approach of peer-based learning and expert coaching.
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments
A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center to support graduate student work in public sector innovation.
Civil discourse project to launch at MIT
Through a speaker series and activities in the Concourse learning community, the project's leaders aim to promote the value of open discussion on campus.
Three MIT-led projects awarded MURI funding for 2023
Through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the US Department of Defense supports research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.
J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients
Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.
New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impact
A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow more MIT interns to connect with innovators in Denmark.
Inaugural J-WAFS Grand Challenge aims to develop enhanced crop variants and move them from lab to land
Matt Shoulders will lead an interdisciplinary team to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.
MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication takes aim at the destructive nature of social media
An ambitious cross-disciplinary effort is launched to build healthier social networks.
Advocating for science budget and policy
MIT’s Science Policy Initiative sends students and postdocs to Capitol Hill to advocate for continued and increased federal support for scientific research.
J-PAL North America announces six new evaluation incubator partners to catalyze research on pressing social issues
The research center will support two nonprofits and four government agencies in designing randomized evaluations on housing stability, procedural justice, transportation, income assistance, and more.
Moving perovskite advancements from the lab to the manufacturing floor
U.S. Department of Energy selects MIT to establish collaborative research center for optimizing the development of tandem solar modules.
Funding to Daniel Anderson’s lab will advance research on new delivery technology for RNA vaccines and therapies
The global health care company Sanofi is providing $25 million to advance RNA research.