Funding Priorities
Working to enhance all the things that help to make MIT, MIT
Delivering on the Office of the Chancellor's commitment to educating the whole student requires significant and sustained resources. To succeed in this effort, the office works closely with Resource Development and the MIT Alumni Association to promote strategic priorities and secure the philanthropic resources necessary to create a holistic learning experience for today's students and for future generations. The generosity of donors at all levels ensures MIT's ability to:
- Make an MIT education affordable and accessible to the brightest minds from around the world
- Create new and revitalized campus spaces that celebrate community, wellness, and residential life
- Provide hands-on opportunities to learn abroad or in the field, or participate in social impact projects
MIT Chancellor Nobles (third from right) with students on Pi Day.
Educating the whole student means creating a supportive and holistic learning experience. This takes sustained resources and an ongoing commitment to raise funds for student life and learning at MIT.
Undergraduate Scholarships & Financial Aid
Ensuring Access to an MIT Education
There is nothing more central to MIT’s mission than the success of its students. Scholarships and fellowships ensure access to an MIT education for many students each year and serve as powerful recruitment tools. Support for scholarships and Financial Aid helps make our need-blind admissions policy possible and allows us to continue admitting and supporting the world’s most talented students.
Graduate Fellowships
Fueling innovation now and into the future
Graduate students are the engine of research and innovation at MIT. They mentor undergraduates, oversee complex laboratories and experiments, and challenge existing paradigms in academia and industry. In order to continue attracting the world's top intellectual talent, we must offer competitive, multi-year funding packages. These funds provide our graduate students with the financial stability and academic freedom to work on solving the world's most urgent problems.
Capital Projects
Spaces and places for students to thrive
A world-class education requires a world-class campus. Our infrastructure must evolve alongside our research and pedagogies. The Chancellor’s Office oversees capital projects to modernized residential halls that foster collaboration and community; make flexible makerspaces available to the entire MIT community; and to meet the needs and expectations of current and future students. Your investment in MIT's physical landscape builds the literal foundation for what constitutes the MIT student experience.
Experiential Learning
Learning by Doing
The Office of Experiential Learning (OEL) works to amplify and accelerate the practice and impact of experiential learning for MIT students, bringing the Institute’s “mens et manus” spirit to life. The Office of the Chancellor helps to support experiential learning opportunities that connect students to important, real-world projects that provide meaningful research, service, and social impact.
Chancellor Discretionary Funding
Providing flexibility and investing in MIT students
The Chancellor’s Office oversees all aspects of the ever-evolving student experience. Discretionary Funding allows the Chancellor to remain nimble, adaptable, and ready to capitalize on unforeseen opportunities or mitigate emerging challenges.
Learn more: Support the Chancellor's Discretionary Fund
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Completed Projects and Past Funding Priorities
