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MIT Vice Provost for International Activities Duane Boning oversees the Institute’s international policies and engagements.

Electra’s hybrid, fixed-wing aircraft could make travel easier for passengers taking shorter trips.

The MIT Portugal Program has awarded the 2026 grants to 20 collaborative research projects between MIT and Portuguese researchers, for one year. These grants support 12 new proposals and 8 projects that are continuing from previous years.

Melt it, spin it, use it again. This new recyclable yarn is as strong and stretchy as spandex-based yarns.

Research on graphene, supported in part by the MIT Portugal Program, has resulted in the publication of new findings in Nature.

This year, the call will be dedicated to students interested in conducting research activities addressing the complex challenges of Climate Sciences and Climate Change.

The MIT Portugal Program is pleased to announce the opening of a call to award 10 (ten) MPP2030-FCT Research Grants in the strategic area of the MPP of Climate Science & Climate Change. 

This week, March 6th, our seven flagship projects met at DST Group for another follow-up meeting.

The MIT Portugal Program is celebrating two decades and, over the next five years, will be co-directed by Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, from the University of Minho (UMinho), and João Pedro Barreto, from the University of Coimbra (UC).

In March, with nearly two decades of collaboration under their belts, MIT and the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) signed an agreement that officially launches the program’s next chapter.