Open Learning offers a variety of grant opportunities for MIT faculty. These grants can be used to develop online learning offerings for MIT students and global learners; fund projects to improve education outside of MIT, including pK-12 education, higher education, and workplace learning; or for other research purposes. View the complete list of grants below:
Objective | Application | Deadline | |
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MITx Modules Grant Program | Module offerings on the edX platform to be used at MIT and offered Globally | Fall: early September Spring: mid-Spring | Fall: early November Spring: mid-April |
MITx Express Exploration Program | Targeted innovations on the edX platform to be used at MIT and globally | Fall: early September Spring: mid-Spring | Fall: early November Spring: mid-April |
J-WEL pK-12 | Impact a broad base of global learners, while also considering the relevance to learners in the USA | Once per year |
Proposals accepted Dec-Jan annually |
J-WEL Higher Education | Support projects that reimagine teaching and learning in higher education at MIT and globally | Once per year |
Proposals accepted Dec-Jan annually |
J-WEL Workforce Learning | Provide seed funding for research projects that will improve workforce learning around the world | Once per quarter | Proposals accepted year-round |
MITili Learning Sciences Grant | Proposals that will investigate ways of making learning more effective | Spring: April 2023 | June 2023 |