Fellowships
CIS fellowships bring faculty, researchers, and other experts to the Institute to conduct research and engage with the MIT community.
Robert E Wilhelm Fellowship
This prestigious fellowship is open to individuals with significant experience in international public policy, typically having held senior positions as appointed or elected government officials, as senior officials in international organizations, or as leaders of non-government organizations.
Security Studies Fellowships
CIS’s Security Studies Program (SSP) offers fellowship opportunities for researchers, scholars, and members of the military who are investigating issues related to national security and foreign policy.
Postdoctoral Associate Program
Call for Applications: 2026–27 Postdoctoral Associate at CIS.
Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF): Ukraine
Selected faculty and researchers from universities in Ukraine or the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences are invited to spend a semester at the Institute, learning MIT’s unique approaches to research and teaching.
MIT-Empowering the Teachers (MIT-ETT)
MIT-ETT fellows are a cohort of faculty from Nigerian universities who spend an intensive semester at MIT, learning innovative, creative, and student-centered teaching strategies in computer science education.
