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Mission & Values
Educating grant recipients about the innovation process. Coaching grantees on how to commercialize their inventions and launch startup companies — skills they can leverage throughout their careers. Providing research teams with mentoring and guidance from respected industry experts, venture investors, startup specialists, and entrepreneurs. Encouraging today’s innovators to impart the same skills and opportunities they […]
From Idea to Impact
By empowering MIT’s researchers to make a difference in the world,the Deshpande Center has been the conduit for creating innovations that bring about change in some of the largest issues in health, information technology, energy, and other fields.
Engineers Turn Plastic Insulator Into Heat Conductor
Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics.
Monitor Detects Dangerously Low White Blood Cell Levels
Technology could help prevent life-threatening infections in patients receiving chemotherapy.