Global Seed Funds in Spain

Through an annual call for proposals, the fund primarily supports new collaborations between faculty and students at MIT and their counterparts in universities and research institutions across Spain.

All general Global Seed Funds criteria, application, and evaluation procedures apply.

$30,000

Priority will be given to projects that:

• propose a balanced exchange between the MIT and Spanish participants
• demonstrate complementarity between the MIT and Spanish teams
• involve undergraduate and graduate students

The purpose of the proposal should be linked to::

• Sustainable fabrics & raw materials
• Textile-to-textile recycling technologies
• Sustainable logistics
• Water or energy textile processes optimization
• Improve textile maintenance
• Optimize biodegradability
• Traceability at yarn level

Head over to misti.mit.edu/faculty-funds/apply-funding to apply.

Need help finding an MIT professor or researcher to collaborate with?

Link to find faculty connections

Through an annual call for proposals, the fund primarily supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues at The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The Spanish colleague(s) must be identified in the proposal.

 All general Global Seed Funds criteria, application, and evaluation procedures apply.

$30,000

Priority will be given to projects that:

• propose a balanced exchange between the MIT and Spanish participants
• demonstrate complementarity between the MIT and Spanish teams
• involve undergraduate and graduate students

Head over to misti.mit.edu/faculty-funds/apply-funding to apply.

Need help finding an MIT professor or researcher to collaborate with?

Link to find faculty connections

Through an annual call for proposals, the fund primarily supports travel costs for exchange between a team at MIT and colleagues at The Universidad de Alcalá (UAH). The Spanish colleague(s) must be identified in the proposal. 

All general Global Seed Funds criteria, application, and evaluation procedures apply.

$20,000

Priority will be given to projects that:

• propose a balanced exchange between the MIT and Spanish participants
• demonstrate complementarity between the MIT and Spanish teams
• involve undergraduate and graduate students

Head over to misti.mit.edu/faculty-funds/apply-funding to apply.

Need help finding an MIT professor or researcher to collaborate with?

Link to find faculty connections