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The PhD Student Research Grants provide funding for research projects to PhD candidates whose work focuses on international studies. Awarded annually, the Center is pleased to support the work of an outstanding and varied cohort from across the Institute.

Philip Khoury, chair of the Center’s Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and founding faculty director of the Center’s MIT-Arab World Program, will step down from his position as vice provost for the arts.

Cathy Culot, lecturer in French and faculty co-director of the MIT-Belgium program, is among the six recipients of the James A. (’48) and Ruth Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2025.

Katherine Hobgood ’25, Amy Wang ’26, and Srihitha Dasari ’26 discuss the global experiences, insights, and confidence they gained through MISTI.

Erik Lin-Greenberg, co-director of the Security Studies Program's Wargaming Lab, explores issues of the modern military.