International Development Innovation Network

The Boston Globe’s Tracy Jan reports that MIT has been awarded $25 million by the U.S. Agency for International Development to aid in a new effort aimed at using science and technology to assist developing countries.

Boston Business Journal reporter Mary Moore writes that the, “Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday that it is expected to receive $25 million from the United States Agency for International Development for a new anti-poverty project.”

Science reporter Erik Stokstad writes about the U.S. Agency for International Development’s announcement that a select group of universities, including MIT, has been awarded grants to create “development labs” aimed at improving health and reducing poverty in developing countries.