Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Office of Sponsored Programs
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Grants
21
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Total Awarded
$6,098,000
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Years
1981 - 2014
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Categories
Grants
2014 (2 years 10 months)
$15,000
The grant will support the Cyber Norms Workshop hosted by the Computer and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology April 6-8, 2014. The workshop will bring together a cross-section of cybersecurity experts from governments, universities, the private sector, civil society, and think tanks to explore sources of instability and stability in cyberspace.
2013 (1 year)
$50,000
New forms science communication that combine objective science with culture and personal storytelling have already begun to humanize scientists and science, connect it to popular culture, and lower the barriers to enjoyment and understanding. The Evolving Culture of Science Engagement workshop is a collaborative effort between researchers at MIT, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Culture Kettle to understand and shape the future of science communications. This grant will support a workshop and follow-on activities in which leading scientists, journalists, policy makers, and artists will compare and develop new approaches to science communication.
2011 (2 years)
$600,000
To support an action-research program on young people's reproductive health and education (over two years).
2010 (5 years)
$980,000
In support of an action-research program on improving maternal health in Nigeria (over three years).
2006 (6 years 1 month)
$1,600,000
In support of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab's study to measure the effectiveness of school-based strategies to prevent HIV/AIDS among youth in rural Kenya (over 44 months).
2005 (2 years)
$165,000
For a project to develop the capacity of local organizations in India on monitoring and evaluation (over two years).
1988 (1 year 1 month)
$25,000
To plan an international conference on the pharmacology of memory disorders associated with aging (Alzheimer's).
1987 (1 year)
$88,000
To support the Program in Science and Technology for International Security, to develop a readily usable computer model for analyzing nuclear arms reductions.
1987 (1 year 1 month)
$25,000
For "Seminar XXI: Foreign Politics and the National Interest."
1987 (1 year 2 months)
$10,000
For "Seminar XXI: Foreign Politics and the National Interest."
1987 (1 year 1 month)
$400,000
To support the research project Using Computers to Combat Illiteracy (over two years).
1986 (1 year)
$25,000
To support a conference on Alzheimer's disease sponsored by the Center for Brain Science and Metabolism Charitable Trust.
1986 (1 year 3 months)
$25,000
To support a project on how dyslexics and readers differ in visual resolution of form.
1986 (1 year 3 months)
$25,000
To support the joint MIT-Harvard project on the social and political implications of science and technology in the Soviet Union.
1985 (1 year 6 months)
$30,000
To support the summer institute on technical and scientific problems of disarmament and arms control.
1985 (1 year)
$50,000
To support an experimental course on political and societal change designed for future decision-makers.
1984 (1 year)
$750,000
To support effective and sustained collaboration among researchers from different fields on problems of international security and for graduate student fellowships in international security (over three years).
1984 (1 year)
$18,000
To support a conference on Alzheimer's disease research.
1981 (1 year)
$1,200,000
Support to establish a John D. MacArthur Chair.
1981 (1 year)
$10,000
To support a series of faculty and research staff mini-symposia.
1981 (1 year)
$7,000
To support a concert by the Experimental Music Studio.
