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MIT and new manufacturing initiative

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

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Global Seed Funds

CIS announces Global Seed Funds recipients

Dr Rand and Amb Shringla

Dr. Rand and Amb. Shringla join CIS as Wilhelm Fellows

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Hope in a minefield: How MIT students are helping Ukrainian farmers reclaim their land

Hope in a minefield: How MIT students are helping Ukrainian farmers reclaim their land

Walsh on the Israel-Iran crisis

Walsh on the Israel-Iran crisis

MIT-Africa launches new collaboration with Angola

MIT-Africa launches new collaboration with Angola

Ukraine’s smart munitions deliver a punch—and a warning about the future of warfare

Ukraine’s smart munitions deliver a punch—and a warning about the future of warfare

What Israel's escalation in Iran means for the region

What Israel's escalation in Iran means for the region

Israel targets Iran's nuclear sites in major attack

Israel targets Iran's nuclear sites in major attack

Do madman tactics work?

Do madman tactics work?

Jacobovits wins MIT Excellence Award

Jacobovits wins MIT Excellence Award

The scholar-warrior: How Erik Lin-Greenberg bridges academia and Air Force intelligence

The scholar-warrior: How Erik Lin-Greenberg bridges academia and Air Force intelligence

Chancellor Melissa Nobles’ address to MIT’s undergraduate Class of 2025

Chancellor Melissa Nobles’ address to MIT’s undergraduate Class of 2025

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Wargaming Working Group

CIS provides working group grants for advancing interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of international studies. These small grants are provided as "seed" funds for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows seeking to address scholarly problems.

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Global Seed Funds

The MIT Global Seed Funds grant program provides opportunities for MIT faculty to collaborate with pioneering researchers from around the world.

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Christine Pilcavage

Christine Pilcavage

Managing Director, MIT-Japan Program

Robert Art

Robert Art

Senior Fellow, SSP and SemXXI

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Kenneth Oye

Professor, Political Science

Quoc Pham

Quoc Pham

Coordinator, MIT Global Seed Funds and Data

Stephen Barnes

Stephen Barnes

Managing Director, MIT-UK Program, MIT-Netherlands Program

Rosabelli Coelho

Rosabelli Coelho

Lead, Latin America

Managing Director, MIT-Brazil Program, MIT-Amazonia Program

Student Spotlights

CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

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Fiona's story

Fiona's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '23

Fiona worked on developing capabilities for autonomous docking.

Jonathan's story

Jonathan's story

Jonathan Berger '24 interned at Optibus, based in Tel Aviv, Israel and had the opportunity to lead the business operations team on his project during the summer of 2022.

Sarah's story

Sarah's story

Mechanical Engineering '25

Sarah Park '25 interned at Bear Robotics, and the summer in Seoul opened up new experiences, and she got to view her work preferences from different perspectives.

Donny's story

Donny's story

Mathematics '25

Donny Stralkus '25 collaborated with a professor on deep learning research at UTEC in Lima, Peru.

Alexandra's story

Alexandra's story

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Mechanical Engineering '25

Alexandra interned at the Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab at Friedrich Alexander Universitat (FAU). Through this experiment, she was able to learn to be quick on her feet in problem-solving, conduct psychology experiments, and analyze data.

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