Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program – Palestine

Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Palestine - Global MIT Skip to content Global MIT About About Global MIT Report by the MIT China Strategy Group Our Team Our Programs How to Engage Students Faculty, Staff, and Scholars Alumni Partners Visiting Delegations News & Stories Contact Search Search for: Massachusetts Institute of Technology About About Global MIT Report by the MIT China Strategy Group Our Team Our Programs How to Engage Students Faculty, Staff, and Scholars Alumni Partners Visiting Delegations News & Stories Contact Search Home • Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Palestine Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Palestine Donate to GMAF PALESTINE Giving to MIT is tax-deductible within the limitations of U.S. federal income tax laws Global MIT: 3 Questions: Developing sustainable guidelines for rebuilding in Gaza MIT News: Global MIT At-Risk Fellows program expands to invite Palestinian scholars Launched in 2023 as a two-year pilot, the Global MIT At-Risk Fellows program (GMAF) gives international scholars the opportunity to temporarily engage with the MIT community on campus, with the aim to foster innovation around the world through the fellows’ academic contributions and leadership. The GMAF pilot program, which initially focused on Ukrainian faculty, is expanding to bring Palestinian research fellows, known as “GMAF fellows,” to MIT. For each year of the pilot, MIT will select up to 5 Palestinian fellows, currently either in Palestine or recently displaced from Palestine. They will each spend a semester at MIT. The research fellow will be paired with an MIT faculty advisor in their field, who will act as collaborator and academic mentor. MIT covers expenses including travel, accommodations, visas, health insurance, instructional materials, as well as a general living stipend. The first GMAF-Palestine fellow arrived at MIT in September 2025. Mahmoud I. Alstaty Amjad El-Qanni Shireen Bader Alqadi News Global MIT: 3 Questions: Developing sustainable guidelines for rebuilding in Gaza We would like to extend our appreciation to GMAF-Palestine Fellows Mahmoud Alstaty and Amjad El-Qanni who joined us for Iftar. MIT News: Global MIT At-Risk Fellows program expands to invite Palestinian scholars Eligibility GMAF Palestine welcomes applications from all qualified faculty and researchers who: Have held academic or research appointments at a Palestinian university within the past 5 years. Hold a PhD or equivalent degree in a field that is also represented at MIT. Are Palestinian Legally able to exit the country where you are currently residing in order to travel to the US to participate in this program and have a reasonable expectation of receiving a U.S. visa. Are working in a research area represented at MIT. Application The application for 2026 GMAF Palestine fellowships has now closed. Contact For more information, please contact [email protected] or sign-up for our newsletter . Our Team GMAF Palestine Program Director Kamal Youcef-Toumi , Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, MIT Mechatronics Research Laboratory; GMAF Palestine Program Director; Director Center for Complex Engineering Systems; Director, Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women GMAF Palestine Advisory Committee Members Philip Khoury , Ford International Professor of History and Vice Provost for the Arts Nasser Rabbat , Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Tavneet Suri , Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics Munther Dahleh , William A. Coolidge Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Member, MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) Franz-Josef Ulm , Class of 1922 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Faculty Director, Concrete Sustainability Hub Haynes Miller , Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Nancy Kanwisher , Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Investigator, McGovern Institute GMAF Palestine Admi…