MIT School of Engineering

Your generosity can help unlock a powerful challenge gift. During the MIT 24-Hour Challenge, when 600 alumni and friends make a gift to the MIT School of Engineering—or any of its departments, institutes, or programs—Paul Green ’73 and Professor Emeritus Joel Schindall ’63, SM ’64, PhD ’67 will step forward with a $100,000 donation.

About the MIT School of Engineering

At MIT’s School of Engineering, there is no such thing as a “typical” student. Yet they share some remarkable traits: creativity, curiosity, and a relentless drive to solve the world’s toughest challenges. They take intellectual risks, push boundaries, and create solutions that change lives. These exceptional minds, hands, and hearts are among our greatest strengths—and they make MIT, MIT. Help the MIT School of Engineering empower the next generation of thinkers and doers by contributing to any of these microchallenges during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge on March 12:  

• Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (GradEL)
• MIT Introduction to Engineering, Technology, and Science (MITES)
• MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program (MIT Sandbox)
• Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP)
• Women’s Technology Program (WTP)

You can also support the MIT School of Engineering challenge by contributing to any of the funds below. Click the Give Now button and select your designation from the drop-down menu when making your gift.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics Development Fund
• Bernard M Gordon MIT Engineering Leadership Program Endowment Fund (GEL)
• Biological Engineering Fellowship Fund
• Chemical Engineering Graduate Fellowship Fund
• Civil and Environmental Engineering Fund for Excellence
• Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation Fund
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Head’s Fund for Innovation
• Engineering Dean's Discretionary Fund
• Engineering Dean's Education Fund
• Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Education and Innovation Fund
• Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Fund
• Materials Science and Engineering Fund
• Mechanical Engineering Discretionary Fund
• Nuno Loureiro Memorial Fund (Nuclear Science and Engineering)
• Ocean Engineering Research and Development Fund

*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.