Seven from MIT receive National Institutes of Health awards for 2021
Awards support high-risk, high-reward biomedical and behavioral research.
SpectrumX collective launches the first NSF Spectrum Innovation Initiative Center
MIT Haystack Observatory will be part of the new radio spectrum management and coordination center.
Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight
MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.
J-WAFS announces 2021 Solutions Grants for commercializing water and food technologies
This year’s projects address mobile evaporative vegetable preservation, portable water filtration, and dairy waste reduction.
Inaugural fund supports early-stage collaborations between MIT and Jordan
MIT-Jordan Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation Seed Fund winners announced.
Global collaboration surges post-pandemic
MISTI Global Seed Funds program compounds Institute impact by supporting partnerships abroad.
Anders Sejr Hansen awarded prestigious Pew-Stewart Grant for Cancer Research
The Hansen Lab investigates how genetic elements, known as enhancers, control the expression of genes in cancer.
Four MIT faculty members receive 2021 US Department of Energy early career awards
Faculty from the departments of Physics and of Nuclear Science and Engineering faculty were selected for the Early Career Research Program.
MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding
Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs will receive up to $150,000 for two years, overhead-free, for innovative research on global food and water challenges.
MIT IDEAS celebrates 20 years of social innovation at MIT
Six new IDEAS teams receive grants to continue developing their work with communities.
Using machine learning to predict high-impact research
DELPHI, an artificial intelligence framework, can give an “early-alert” signal for future key technologies by learning from patterns gleaned from previous scientific publications.
MIT Press launches open access collection of 34 classic architecture and urban studies titles
An unprecedented digitization program makes out-of-print works available as e-books for the first time.
MindHandHeart Community Innovation Fund supports 77 projects during pandemic
Fund supported by the Office of the Chancellor is advancing mental health, well-being, and racial justice projects at MIT.
King Climate Action Initiative announces new research to test and scale climate solutions
Research is part of a $25 million effort to generate evidence on the real-world effectiveness of policies and programs at the intersection of poverty and climate change.
The catalyzing potential of J-WAFS seed grants
MIT junior faculty explore new research directions and achieve powerful career advancement enabled by J-WAFS’ mission-driven grant program focused on water and food solutions.