Six projects were selected for the second-annual MIT-Africa Seed Fund to encourage new research and education initiatives between MIT and African collaborators. The 2023-2024 grantees will work on innovative projects that will help lay the foundations for new research between MIT and African collaborators.
The MIT-Africa Seed Fund is part of the MIT Global Seed Funds program, offered in collaboration with the Center for International Studies, and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Activities.
- Climate change on infection-triggered anemia
Jacquin Niles, Whittaker Professor, Biological Engineering
Raffaella Gozzelino, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal – Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde - Developing a plan for implementing Project Prakash in Africa
Pawan Sinha, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Salome Maswime, University of Cape Town - Investigating the irradiation stability of indigenous carbonitriding agent
Ericmoore Jossou, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Tabiri Asumadi, Sunyani Technical University - Low-Cost Vaulted Earthen Masonry Floor Systems
John Ochsendorf, Class of 1942 Professor; Professor of Architecture; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow, Architecture
Asgedom Haile, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development - Pathways@GDL – PrePhD Fellowships for Talented African Social Scientists
Noah Nathan, Associate Professor of Political Science, Political Science - Reconstructing the History of Madagascar’s Climate and Ecosystems
David McGee, Earth Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Lydia Rahantarisoa, University of Antananarivo
For more information, visit the page of the MIT Global Seed Funds program and the press release issued by the Center for International Studies.