Graduate Student Support Fund

If 125 donors make a gift to support graduate students on March 13, we will unlock $30,000 from Martin Prince ’80, SM ’82, PhD ’88. 

We encourage all graduate alumni to make a gift during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge! 

About Graduate Student Support 

Graduate students choose MIT as the place to further their education because they know MIT is the best place to hone their talents and passions.  

Our graduate students are at the forefront of cross-disciplinary academics, pursuing cutting-edge research and developing game-changing innovations―but pursuing a graduate degree can be a long and difficult journey. Bumps in the road, especially financial ones, are numerous. These can come in the form of loss of household income, house fires and other emergency housing issues, flooding, serious health challenges, emergency travel to be with loved ones going through grave medical emergencies and family loss, and fallout from natural disasters and conflicts around the world.

To help address these challenges, graduate students can apply to the Short-Term Emergency Hardship Fund. The Office of Graduate Education carefully reviews each request and is able to help a majority of the requests received with small awards and connections to other institutional and community supports. Even comparatively modest awards have a big impact on the well-being, safety, and security of our graduate population.

When you give to the Graduate Students microchallenge on March 13, you will not only be providing critical financial assistance to graduate students across the Institute, you will also be helping to make a brighter future for us all. 

*If you do not see a particular fund listed, you can donate on the MIT giving site and still be counted in the MIT 24-Hour Challenge.