Global MIT At-Risk Fellows
The Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF) Program is designed to enhance the educational and research experiences of university faculty and researchers by introducing them to MIT campus methods and strategies in their areas of specialty. GMAF-Ukraine program focuses on Ukrainian scholars with current or recent affiliations at Ukrainian universities or the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. The applicants may currently be residing in Ukraine (with eligibility to leave the country) or be living outside the country since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Fellowship
An MIT faculty committee will select up to five GMAF-Ukraine scholars at the postdoctoral or faculty level. Each fellow who is chosen to participate will spend a semester at MIT in spring 2026 (February-May).
Fellows will be paired with an MIT faculty advisor in their field, observe research work and classes taught by their advisor or another MIT faculty member, and work on new materials and teaching approaches for possible adoption in their own classes and labs upon completion of the program. Fellows will also be invited to attend lab meetings and on- campus programming that may be of interest to them in their area of specialty and beyond. They will have an opportunity to meet with graduate and undergraduate students and may be able to receive research assistance from an advanced undergraduate or graduate student working in their field.
MIT will cover expenses associated with the GMAF-Ukraine fellowship, including travel, visas, accommodations, instructional materials, and a general living stipend.
Eligibility
GMAF welcomes applications from all qualified faculty and researchers who are:
Holders of academic or research appointments (or had been prior to February 2022) at a Ukrainian university or the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Interested in and committed to bringing their scholarship to bear on Ukraine’s current challenges
Holders of a PhD (or equivalent degree) in a field that is also represented at MIT Ukrainian citizens
Priority fields
GMAF-Ukraine will give priority to applicants from the following fields, which are relevant for Ukraine’s pressing needs and have strong representation within MIT:
- Economic development Housing and urban planning
- Energy, advanced materials, and infrastructure (especially nuclear and sustainable forms of energy)
- Computer science (especially in the areas of digital transformation, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence)
- Prosthetics engineering Logistics
Application is not limited to these fields, and scholars from other fields are also welcome to apply, so long as their fields are represented at MIT.
Selection process
All applications must be written by the candidates themselves. No essays generated by ChatGPT or other artificial machine learning source will be deemed acceptable. Semi-finalists will also be requested to upload a 1-minute video explaining their research and teaching interests. At the final stage, the GMAF faculty committee will hold half-hour interviews with the finalist candidates. Final decisions will be announced in early June 2025.
GMAF-Ukraine accepts online applications only. To apply, please visit: bit.ly/MITGMAFUkraine