Global Programs
2022-2023 MSLAO Seed Funds
2022-2023 MSLAO Seed Funds
MIT faculty and staff made use of their seed funds from last year to conduct research projects in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. The following six projects were awarded seed funds from the MSLAO for research starting in 2023:
- Professor: Leo Celi, MIT Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Project: Make Health Argentina
Country: Argentina - Professor: Ben Ross Schneider, MIT Political Science
Project: REPAL (Red para el Estudio de la Economía Política de América Latina)
Country: Ecuador - Professor: Evelyn Wang, MIT Mechanical Engineering
Project: High Efficiency and Low-Cost, Hydrogel-based Atmospheric Water Harvesting System
Country: Chile - Professor: Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar, MIT Media Lab
Project: Innovation Diffusion in Rural Colombia: A Case Study
Country: Colombia, Guatemala - Professor: Siqi Zheng; Fabio Duarte, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Project: Transportation Shaping Sustainable Urbanization: teaching and research collaboration between MIT and Insper
Country: Brazil - Professor: John Sterman; Bethany Patten, MIT Sloan
Project: MIT Climate Pathways Project
Country: Brazil, Chile, Colombia