The 2025-2026 Martin Society cohort
The Martin Fellows
The Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability is a community of MIT doctoral students pursuing sustainability research across a wide array of fields and topics. Each year, approximately ten outstanding students are selected to receive one academic year of fellowship support.
Martin Fellows participate in a lively community of students and alumni dedicated to advancing environmental and social sustainability.
Applications closed on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Projects (UROPs)
The Climate Project collaborates with UROPs and other campus organizations such as the MIT Office of Sustainability (MITOS) to advance MIT’s climate goals. These efforts often extend beyond campus, connecting student projects with local organizations to ensure real-world impact.
Additional Sources of Funding or Support
The following programs and opportunities are not managed or funded by the MIT Climate Project but may be of interest to MIT undergraduate and graduate students.
Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellowship for Water Solutions
This fellowship supports outstanding MIT PhD students who are pursuing solutions to the pressing global water challenges of our time. One outstanding student will be selected to receive fellowship support; the fellowship currently covers one academic semester. Through it we seek to support an MIT student who is conducting research that advances solutions to critical challenges in water availability, quality, and management across diverse contexts.
It is open to MIT PhD students who are graduating no earlier than May of 2027 and who have passed their qualifying exams by March 3, 2026. Nominees should be engaged in research focused on alleviating problems of water availability, quality, and management or other solutions-based research and innovation related to the water sector.
Applications are by faculty nomination.
Learn more and apply by Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET.
J-WAFS Grant for Transforming Animal Agriculture Systems
The J-WAFS Grant for Transforming Animal Agriculture Systems is a funding opportunity for current members of the MIT community — including graduate and undergraduate students — interested in addressing problems associated with industrial food animal production (IFAP).
Grants in the range of $15-25K will be awarded to selected recipients. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are a focus and priority, and proposals should address animal agriculture in LMICs as at least one of the project’s key focus areas or topics.
Individuals or teams with appropriate research are encouraged to apply.
Learn more and apply by Monday, May 4 at 5:00 pm ET.
MITEC Launchpad
MITEC Launchpad offers consulting-like engagements for students to gain practical energy/climate experience alongside their coursework. Project teams consist of 4-5 undergraduate students working on a scoped business or engineering initiative for a partner company.
MITEI UROPs
Supporting undergraduate research is an important component of MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) commitment to training tomorrow’s energy innovators to provide a growing global population with affordable, sustainable energy access and tackle climate change.
MITEI encourages and supports student participation in energy research through its Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).