The Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant Program supports audacious research projects dreamed up by MIT faculty members who take “it can’t be done” as an invitation. We enable and empower the insatiable curiosity that drives innovation.
Recently completed projects
A Heavy Metal Trojan Horse
love using chemistry to address biological problems. This project gives us the chance to create new molecules that haven’t been made before and see what they can do.”
Quantum Leap
To a theorist, this is all particularly appealing, as it provides a unique perspective on the developments in my field by connecting it to other fields and, of course, because of a possibly far-reaching outcome this collaboration can lead to.”
Controlling Infections
Mucus is an unsung hero and cornerstone of our health—if we can make even a small change to its image, we’ll have accomplished something special.”
Algorithmic Democracy
Voting is the foundation of our democracy. We want to help create a stronger system that voters can believe in.”
Light-emitting Plants
Our work is a repositioning and a new prioritization of the plant world and a real epiphany that we need new forms of coexistence and partnerships between plants and people.”
The Future of Flight
The fundamental design of aircraft hasn’t changed in over 100 years. This is an exciting investigation into whether the future of flight could look fundamentally different.”
The Time Is Ripe
The grand challenge is making this process so cost-effective that the cost of making a sensor and putting it on lettuce or other product would be essentially zero.”
Bringing the Heat
I came up with the idea on a cold night. I was thinking about how much heat is wasted through conventional systems, and began brainstorming ways to develop architectures that could transfer and release heat more efficiently.”
Lemons into Lemonade
With the support of the Bose Fellows Grant, I believe this paradigm shift will enable transformative opportunities for engineering therapeutic solutions.”
Instrumental Science
Innovative research thrives on innovative funding. We are very grateful to the Bose Research Grant for providing the nourishment that will enable our work to continue.”
The latest news
Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines
Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery
Recently awarded projects
“Glass has many interesting characteristics that we don’t always get to appreciate, and glassblowing gives me an opportunity to practice engineering concepts—working mind and hand—while making something that can be both useful and beautiful.”
Shattering the Myth
“The ability to monitor bees in their natural habitat provides an edge in studying swarm intelligence, enabling us to pose previously unanswerable questions.”
What’s the Buzz?
“We envision a world where humans, therapists, scientists, and engineers understand and exploit a deeper structure of movement, like top athletes and artists do, with resulting benefits in health and wellness.”
Body Works
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For Dr. Bose, tackling research that broke the mold wasn’t a hobby—it was a way of life.