Empowering future innovators through a social impact lens
The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge helps students hone their entrepreneurship skills to create viable ventures for public good.
Defining the public interest in new technologies
New online journal seeks to bring together the MIT community to discuss the social responsibilities of individuals who design, implement, and evaluate technologies.
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.
Clothing brand helps give survivors of sexual violence a path forward
The Congo Clothing Company, founded by Milain Fayulu SM ’22, funds job training for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
MIT Solve announces 2023 global challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
More than $1 million in funding available to selected Solver teams and fellows.
Bridging careers in aerospace manufacturing and fusion energy, with a focus on intentional inclusion
Joy Dunn ’08 helps solve the world’s greatest climate challenges while creating an open and equitable working environment.
Helping cassava farmers by extending crop life
CassVita, founded by an MIT alumnus, has created a biotechnology to increase the shelf life of cassava, a nutritious but perishable root vegetable.
Building a decentralized bank for micro businesses in Latin America
Alumni-founded Quipu Market offers loans and other financial services to entrepreneurs through its online marketplace.
21st annual MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge supports students leading social innovation
IDEAS awards more than $50,000 in grants across six student-led teams to develop projects addressing social and environmental challenges.
Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential
The Practical Education Network cultivates a version of MIT’s hands-on teaching methodology in low-resource communities.
A life-changing fertilizer for rural farmers in Kenya
MIT spinout Safi Organics uses farmers’ crop residue to make an organic fertilizer that can increase yields and improve soil health.
MIT Solve announces 2022 global challenges and the Indigenous Communities Fellowship
More than $1.3 million in funding available to selected Solver teams and fellows.
MIT IDEAS celebrates 20 years of social innovation at MIT
Six new IDEAS teams receive grants to continue developing their work with communities.
Digitizing supply chains to lift farmers out of poverty
SourceTrace offers a suite of software tools to improve the profitability, sustainability, and transparency of agricultural supply chains around the world.
MIT IDEAS celebrates social innovation at the Institute
Seven teams of MIT social innovators receive funding to continue their ventures.