Research

Gifts to support the Big Data Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to identify and develop the technologies needed to solve the next generation data challenges which require the ability to scale well beyond what today's computing platforms, algorithms, and methods can provide.

Gifts of alumni/ae and friends to the Environmental Solutions Initiative's work to foster multi-disciplinary, multi-sector research, education, and convening.

Gifts to support the Haystack Observatory. The Haystack Observatory is an interdisciplinary research center of MIT focused on radio astronomy, geodesy, and atmospheric science.

Gift of alumni/ae and friends to be used for supporting collaborative research on Autism and Neurodevelopmental disorders at MIT. The mission of the Simons Center for the Social Brain is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and behavior, and to translate this knowledge into better diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

Gifts from alumni/ae and friends to support research on brain aging, Parkinsons's disease, Alzheimer's disease, brain injury, and other aging-related conditions.