Research stays at MIT
The MITOR Project supports research stays at MIT for young POLITO faculty, Ph.D students and post-docs. In all cases, funding comes from the MITOR seed funds. Deadline: September 14, 2009.
For stays of one semester or more, when the participants are eligible for visiting status at MIT, the following guidelines and procedures apply.
Young Faculty
Assistant professors with tenure, 35 years old and under, who intend to spend a 3-6 month research period at MIT working on a long term collaboration between their lab at POLITO and their host MIT lab. Grants range between $30,000-$40,000 a year — plus health insurance — depending on length of stay and family needs. Depending on the procedures followed by their hosting lab, POLITO faculty would come to MIT as "visiting scholars, scientists or researchers." For more information about the requirements and visa procedures please go to http://web.mit.edu/scholars/.
Post Docs
Recently minted (max 2 years) POLITO PhD's who are involved in collaborations supported by the MITOR seed funds, have an MIT host and plan on being at MIT for at least one semester, are eligible to come to MIT as MITOR "Post doc Fellows". Grants will be $42,000 a year plus health insurance, and are subject to successful completion of MIT internal approval procedures and visa process. For more info, please go to http://web.mit.edu/iso/.
Ph.D. Students
Only students who come for a minimum of one semester and a maximum of three, and who are hosted by an MIT professor participating in one of the funded MITOR seed projects, are eligible for the visiting student status. Visiting students have access to MIT facilities and the labs they are affiliated with, and can audit seminars and classes with instructors' permission. However, they cannot receive credit, or enroll in language classes, and are not eligible for a MIT degree. Unless otherwise arranged by their MIT host, POLITO students should time their stays to coincide with MIT semesters: from the beginning of February to the end of May for the Spring semester, and from the beginning of September to the third week of December for the Fall semester.
MITOR standard grants for doctoral students amount to $5,500 per semester, plus a $1,500 una tantum travel allowance. Funding is meant to supplement their Italian doctoral fellowships and is conditional to completing MIT visiting students approval and Visa procedures. For more info: http://web.mit.edu/iso/.
