Biomechanics Training Grant

Overview

Traineeships are available to doctoral students in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Material Science & Engineering, and Biological Engineering in the School of Engineering, the Biology Department in the School of Science, and the Division of Health Sciences and Technology, under a new Training Grant in Molecular, Cell & Tissue Biomechanics (MCTB). These Traineeships will cover tuition plus stipend for two years. While classical macroscopic biomechanics has traditionally played a central role in medical engineering and physiology, the emerging fields of mechanobiology go further, recognizing the essential connections between forces acting within tissues, cells, and individual molecules, and the fundamental biological processes that regulate growth, development, cell differentiation and migration. Promise now exists not only to explore the role of mechanics in biology, but also to use it advantageously to control cell function in the treatment of disease or in regenerative medicine. We seek applicants equally focused on biology and mechanics, emphasizing their intimate integration. Faculty mentors are drawn from, in addition to the four departments mentioned, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, to further broaden the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Funds are available for four new trainees each year. Students will apply during their 1st or 2nd years of graduate study at MIT, to be selected based on their MIT coursework and research potential and interests. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. In additional to Departmental requirements, all trainees in the MCTB Training Program must take: Molecular, Cell and Tissue Biomechanics, and Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems and a graduate biology course. Trainees will also participate in a Summer School on MicroMechanics in Biomedicine.

• Biomechanics Training Grant Guide and Application Requirements
• Participating Faculty
• Course Electives
• Current Trainees
• Alumni

Please contact Darlene Ray dray@mit.edu or Professor Roger Kamm rdkamm@mit.edu for additional information regarding the training grant.

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