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Grants
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MIT Energy Initiative awards eight seed fund grants for early-stage MIT energy research
Annual MITEI awards support research on battery storage, smart grids, and carbon emissions reduction.
June 30, 2020 -
Six from MIT awarded research funding to address Covid-19
Multi-institutional MassCPR initiative announces more than $16.5 million to support 62 Boston-area projects.
May 19, 2020 -
SMART researchers receive grant to develop rapid tests for Covid-19
Using engineered binder proteins to detect viral proteins or antibodies rather than RNA, new tests may overcome current challenges in testing for SARS-CoV-2 virus.
May 19, 2020 -
Exploring new paths to future quantum electronics
Jagadeesh Moodera and colleagues to investigate interface-driven phenomena in quantum materials in the quest for energy-efficient quantum electronics.
May 11, 2020 -
Finding the right quantum materials
Associate Professor Joseph Checkelsky wins $1.7 million Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative grant to pursue search for new crystalline materials.
May 5, 2020 -
SENSE.nano awards seed grants in optoelectronics, interactive manufacturing
The mission of SENSE.nano is to foster the development and use of novel sensors, sensing systems, and sensing solutions.
February 13, 2020 -
MindHandHeart announces a record 21 new Innovation Fund winners
The 10th round of MindHandHeart Innovation Fund projects is bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion, wellness, and community-building programming to campus.
January 15, 2020 -
Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines
Three innovative research projects in literature, plant epigenetics, and chemical engineering will be supported by Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
December 23, 2019 -
Using online, game-based simulations to train photonic technicians and engineers
MIT wins $5 million grant to develop a virtual lab that will prepare students for jobs in industry and government.
December 12, 2019 -
MIT Skoltech collaboration enters its third phase
Faculty and students at both universities will continue to pursue common research interests, collaborating to solve cutting-edge problems in science and engineering.
December 11, 2019 -
Taking a moonshot at a rare childhood cancer
Team of researchers including MIT Professor Angela Koehler obtains $5.8 million grant to study fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
November 20, 2019 -
High school teams receive 2019-20 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant for invention projects
Fourteen student teams nationwide awarded up to $10,000 in grants to address local and global problems.
October 29, 2019 -
MIT Policy Lab issues fifth call for proposals to faculty and researchers
Based within the Center for International Studies, the lab provides outreach support to help MIT researchers connect with the policy world.
October 22, 2019 -
MIT Press to develop a sustainable framework for open access monographs
$850,000 grant from Arcadia will allow exploration of alternatives to the traditional market-based business model for professional and scholarly monographs.
October 7, 2019 -
MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.
September 30, 2019 -
J-WAFS announces 2019 Solutions Grants supporting agriculture and clean water
Projects address access to clean water in Nepal via wearable E. coli test kits, improving the resilience of commercial citrus groves, and more.
September 17, 2019 -
The MIT Press releases a comprehensive report on open-source publishing software
Report catalogs, analyzes available open-source publishing software; warns open publishing must grapple with siloed development and community-owned ecosystems.
August 8, 2019 -
MIT Energy Initiative awards seven Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
Annual MITEI awards support research on methane conversion, efficient energy provision, plastics recycling, and more.
July 1, 2019 -
J-WAFS announces seven new seed grants
Nine principal investigators from MIT will receive grants totaling over $1 million for solutions-oriented research into global food and water challenges.
May 29, 2019 -
New seed fund to address food, water, and agriculture in India
MIT-India, J-WAFS, and the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar launch fund to facilitate collaborations between faculty and scientists from MIT and ITT Ropar.
May 9, 2019