Global MIT At-Risk Fellows

The Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF) program is designed to enhance the educational and research experiences of international university faculty and researchers by introducing them to MIT academics and research methods in the selected fellows areas of expertise. The Center's GMAF-Ukraine program focuses on scholars with current or recent affiliations at Ukrainian universities or the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

Fellows selected by the GMAF-Ukraine faculty committee will spend a semester at MIT. Each fellow will be paired with an MIT faculty advisor in their field and have an opportunity observe research work and classes taught by their advisor or another MIT faculty member. Fellows will also be invited to attend lab meetings and on-campus programming that may be of interest to them in their area of specialty and beyond. MIT covers expenses associated with the GMAF fellowship, including travel, accommodations, visas, health insurance, instructional materials, as well as a general living stipend.

The GMAF-Ukraine call for applications for the Spring 2026 semester is now closed.

Eligibility

GMAF-Ukraine welcomes applications from all qualified faculty and researchers who are:

Holders of academic or research appointments (or had been prior to February 2022) at a Ukrainian university or the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Interested in and committed to bringing their scholarship to bear on Ukraine’s current challenges
Holders of a PhD (or equivalent degree) in a field that is also represented at MIT
Ukrainian citizens

Priority Fields

GMAF-Ukraine will give priority to applicants from the following fields, which are relevant for Ukraine’s pressing needs and have strong representation within MIT:

Economic development
Housing and urban planning
Energy, advanced materials, and infrastructure (especially nuclear and sustainable forms of energy)
Computer science (especially in the areas of digital transformation, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence)
Prosthetics engineering
Logistics

Application is not limited to these fields, and scholars from other fields are also welcome to apply, so long as their fields are represented at MIT.

Selection Process

All applications must be written by the candidates themselves. No applications from ChatGPT or other artificial machine learning source will be acceptable. Semi-finalists will also be requested to upload a 1-minute video explaining their research and teaching interests. At the final stage, the GMAF-Ukraine faculty committee will hold half-hour interviews with the finalist candidates.

Application

The GMAF-Ukraine call for applications for the Spring 2026 semester is now closed.