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Opportunities

Here at MIT and in partnership with community organizations around the world, there are a host of service project ideas for MIT students to work on.

Energy Challenge: What will you do about the energy concerns of today's world?

Focus on the Americas brings together a number of projects over IAP that take place within our northern hemisphere.

GPI-PSC Poverty Action Projects: Work on projects that help communities fulfill their needs while gaining international development skills and experience.

2010 Yunus Challenge: Promoting Clean Hands for Health and Prosperity

Collaborate with a Schwab Social Entrepreneurship Fellow: Develop a service project with social entrepreneurs from around the world.

Science, Engineering, and Innovation Education: Funded opportunities for science, engineering, and innovation education.

Technology dissemination and needs analysis: Opportunities for disseminating MIT-developed technologies and conducting community needs-analysis in developing countries

Yunus Challenge to Alleviate Poverty

The Yunus Challenge to Alleviate Poverty, named in honor of 2007 Noble Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, challenges MIT students to tackle the causes and effects of poverty in communities around the world. Develop a project that combines in-person experience of poverty with feasible approaches to its alleviation and apply for project funding through the PSC Fellowships, Internships, or Grants programs.

Also check out these organizations that also have opportunities for students.

Legatum Fellowships: Application deadline for 2010-11 is February 10, 2010
The Legatum Center is now accepting applications for Legatum Fellows, a competitive fellowship program that provides financial assistance, seminars and business plan coaching, and substantial networking for MIT graduate students seeking to create innovative businesses that promote prosperity in low-income countries.
For more information and to apply, visit http://legatum.mit.edu/fellowship .