At Putnam, students rise to the challenge
MIT places first in Putnam Mathematical Competition for third year in a row.
MIT team’s “brain” for microgrids wins Clean Energy Prize
Six teams split $225,000 in prizes at the annual competition that funds clean-energy ideas.
Earth Day + seed funding = greener MIT labs
MIT’s Environment, Health and Safety Office gave out $5,000 in seed money on April 22 as part of its Green Lab contest.
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.
Method for earlier detection of leukemia wins $300,000 grant
Team takes home grand prize from Koch Institute’s unique research-grant pitch competition.
App that provides “nutrition receipts” for groceries wins IDEAS Global Challenge
Twelve teams competing in social-entrepreneurship competition split $97,500 in cash prizes.
J-PAL North America launches health care delivery innovation competition
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help U.S. health care leaders find solutions to key challenges in health care delivery.
White House features newly launched MIT Climate CoLab Energy-Water Nexus Contest
MIT Climate CoLab contest featured by the White House on United Nations World Water Day.
Crowdsourcing contest to focus on reducing campus emissions
MIT challenges the community to identify cutting-edge solutions to reach carbon reduction goals.
MIT, Cambridge University team up for “Cambridge 2 Cambridge” hackathon
Hosted by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, event featured mixed student teams tackling cybersecurity challenges.
Sepsis-curing device wins new health care prize
Device that filters blood to prevent organ failure wins MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize.
MIT lab opens 10 contests on climate change
Proposals submitted will help crowdsource the makings of national and global climate action plans.
Coming together on climate
Hackathon for Climate brings students, faculty, staff, and alumni together on climate change solutions.
Students’ project a contender for a hitchhike to the moon
AeroAstro team turns to MIT crowdsourcing to fund entry in NASA space launch competition.
MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest
Design tops more than 100 entries at an international high-speed transportation competition inspired by Elon Musk and sponsored by SpaceX.