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Progetto Rocca Seed Funds

Funded by the Fondazione Fratelli Agostino and Enrico Rocca, the Progetto supports faculty collaborations and student exchanges between MIT and the Politecnico of Milan in the areas of bio-technologies and health, material sciences, micro and nano-technologies, energy, information society technologies, aerospace, environment, transportation, buildings and infrastructures, planning, industrial products and processes. The Progetto encourages younger scholars and collaborations that focus on the novel use of materials and mathematical and physical modeling.

The maximum award is $15,000 with a rolling deadline.

Additional funds of up to $10,000 from the MISTI Global Seed Funds may be available for involving qualified MIT undergraduate and graduate students in the project.

The deadline for the MISTI Global Seed Fund is October 20, 2008. Winners will be announced in early December 2008.

Learn more about the Progetto Rocca and view a list of funded collaborations.

 

 

 

  • MIT China
  • MIT France
  • MIT Germany
  • MIT India
  • MIT Israel
  • MIT Italy
  • MIT Japan
  • MIT Mexico
  • MIT Spain