These researchers defy disciplinary boundaries, challenge convention, and push the limits of what we can achieve through academic research. As a result, their work is difficult to fund by traditional means. That’s where the Amar G. Bose Research Grant Program comes in.
Research grant recipients
20
current Bose Fellows
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Infinite amount of possibilities
46
years Dr. Bose taught on the MIT Faculty
2017
Lemons into Lemonade
Using malarial organisms to deliver therapeutic drugs
Jacquin Niles, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering
2017
Spic and Span
Using guided evolution to produce a yeast-based cleaning agent
Angela Belcher, PhD
Department of Biological Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
2017
Brick by Brick
Creating a whole new class of nano-bio building blocks
Amy Keating, PhD and Karl Berggren, PhD
Departments of Biology and Biological Engineering
2017
Twist of Fate
Reprogramming somatic cells into stem cells
Domitilla Del Vecchio, PhD and Ron Weiss, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017
Harnessing Explosions
Pushing the limits of electrochemical energy delivery using high-energy reaction chemistries
Betar M. Gallant, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017
Rare Earth Electronics
Searching for new building blocks of technology
Joseph Checkelsky,PhD
Department of Physics
2017
Is Anyone There?
Looking for extraterrestrial life in all the right places
Sara Seager, PhD
Class of 1941 Professor of Physics and Professor of Planetary Science
2017
Writ Small
Silicon wafer etching using high-mass molecules
Sylvia T. Ceyer, PhD
Department of Chemistry20 March 2017
2017
Beyond the Bulb
Achieving 100% energy efficiency in LED lighting
Rajeev Ram, PhD
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2017
Power to the Plasma
An innovative assault on traditional batteries
Martin Z. Bazant, PhD
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Mathematics
2017
Precious Power
Diamond as a next-generation semiconductor
Jesús A. del Alamo, PhD
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2017
Instrumental Science
What the evolution of string instrument design tells us about acoustics
Nicholas Makris, PhD
Center for Ocean Engineering
2017
Magnetic Vision
Putting navigation abilities in pigeons and worms to use
Polina Anikeeva, PhD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2016
On the Beam
Crafting smaller-scale particle accelerators to better probe the nature of reality
Janet Conrad, PhD
Department of Physics
2017
Small Soldiers
Using minicells to target tumors and deliver cancer-fighting drugs
Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
2017
Celluloid for Cellular
Measuring a cell’s intrinsic properties
Joel Voldman, PhD
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2017
On the Same Wavelength
Enhancing cognition with the brain’s own music
Earl K. Miller, PhD
Department of Brian and Cognitive Sciences
2017
Let it Shine
Using coal as a light source—without burning it
Jeffrey C. Grossman, PhD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering