MIT HEALS Seed Grant call for applications and networking workshops
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to share that we are now accepting applications for the MIT Health and Life Science Collaborative (MIT HEALS) Seed Grant Program. We are looking for bold, cross-disciplinary research projects tackling major challenges or problems in health and life sciences. Selected projects will receive $50,000–$200,000 in funding per investigator, depending on the scope and needs of the proposed work.
MIT HEALS seed grants are open to all MIT faculty and PIs whose work aligns with the MIT HEALS mission. We particularly encourage grant applications that create new research directions from teams of researchers that cross traditional disciplines and boundaries. Applications are due July 31, 2025, with funding decisions made in September.
MIT HEALS will support two types of grants. Innovator Grants are targeted at groups of two-to-three PIs coming together for one year on high-risk, high-reward new ideas. Breakthrough Grants bring together four-to-five PIs for two years to work on established and emerging ideas that are poised to transform health and life sciences.
MIT HEALS Seed Grant Application Form
In support of this call for applications, MIT HEALS is hosting four networking workshops with proposal development support from MIT Research Development. The workshops are open to those with PI status only, and will provide opportunities to discuss research topics, meet other PIs, and establish new collaborative teams.
To help convene PIs interested in specific research areas, we encourage those interested in the topics listed below to register for the corresponding workshop(s):
Workshop 1: Monday, May 12, 3–4:30 p.m.
Specific Topics: Nutrition; Health and Society; Cancer Biology and Therapeutics; Rare Human Disease; Synthetic Biology
Location: 76-156
Workshop 2: Tuesday, May 20, 2–3:30 p.m.
Specific Topics: AI and Health; Neuroscience; Mental Health; Reimagining the Future of Health Care; Computational and Experimental Approaches to Protein Structure
Location: 45-432
Workshop 3: Wednesday, June 11, 2–3:30 p.m.
Specific Topics: Women’s Health; Health and Society; Low-Cost Diagnostics; Pathogens and Disease; Immune System; Virtual Cell
Location: 76-156
Workshop 4: Thursday, June 26, 3–4:30 p.m.
Specific Topics: AI and Health; Environmental Life Sciences; RNA Biology; Aging; Advanced Technologies to Measure Health or Biology; Biomaterials
Location: 68-181
If you have any questions about the MIT HEALS Seed Grant Program, please email us at mit-heals@mit.edu.
Sincerely,
Anantha Chandrakasan
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
Dean of Engineering
Head, MIT HEALS
Angela Koehler
Faculty Director, MIT HEALS
Iain Cheeseman
Associate Faculty Director, MIT HEALS
Katharina Ribbeck
Associate Faculty Director, MIT HEALS