About
The MITOR Project is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Politecnico di Torino (POLITO). Founded a few years apart, the POLITO (1859) and MIT (1861) share a longstanding tradition of excellence in engineering and science and of close collaboration with industry. Both view international collaborations as integral to their scientific and educational mission. The MITOR project is meant to create new synergies and shared research interests and networks between these two institutions by jump-starting joint MIT-POLITO projects.
The MITOR Project is made possible by the generous support of the Compagnia di San Paolo, an institution with a long history of charitable activities in the fields of health, education and social welfare. Founded in 1563 in Turin, as a charitable lay brotherhood by seven citizens who decided their mission was to help the poor, the Compagnia di San Paolo became a Foundation in 1992 following the restructuring of the San Paolo Bank Group. After the privatization of the San Paolo Bank, the Compagnia di San Paolo no longer holds the controlling shares in the bank.
Starting in 2009, the MITOR Project will award more than $200,000 a year to MIT-POLITO research projects and exchanges in the areas of engineering, sciences, architecture and urban planning. Funding will focus on projects that set the grounds for sustainable, long term collaborations through student involvement on both sides, the use of innovative technologies and interdisciplinary approaches and promise of future funding.
The MITOR Project supports:
- Travel for MIT and POLITO faculty to engage in exploratory meetings, deliver lectures and hold MIT-POLITO workshops on subjects of joint investigation
- Research stays at MIT for current POLITO Ph.D.s and recent post-docs
- Research stays at POLITO for current and recently graduated MIT students
- Research stays at MIT for young POLITO faculty and vice-versa
- Internship stays for MIT students at the Cittadella Politecnica
The deadline for applying to the MITOR seed funds is September 14, 2009. There is no deadline for the internship grants.
