Tackle complex, real-world challenges working alongside expert practitioners. Use your technical skills to make an impact on issues that matter most to you.
The PKG Center can help you build a better world while you’re at MIT, through social impact education, professional experience, and projects in Boston, across the US, and around the world.
We offer programs that:
- Fit your schedule, over summer and IAP–
- Are free to you, and often paid with stipends or grants
- Are meaningful to you and the communities you’re supporting
Check out our programs below, and stop by our office (on the 5th floor of W20) to chat with our friendly PKG staff!
Social Innovation Exploration (SIE) FPOP: SIE welcomes first year students into the social innovation and entrepreneurship community while introducing the MIT PKG as the entryway to making a positive social impact.
IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge: Join or form a team and apply for grants from $1,000 to $20,000 for your social innovation or social venture! Fine-tune your idea and enterprise with feedback and coaching from entrepreneurs.
PKG Fellowships: Spend your summer or IAP implementing your own social impact projects or community-engaged research with nonprofit, government agencies and community leaders.
IAP Health: Get real-world experience in the healthcare sector working full-time at Boston Medical Center, Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, or Catalyst. Support staff research, create resources for patients and families, and participate in staff meetings and grand rounds.
IAP ICI: You don’t have to leave Boston to support incredible Indigenous entrepreneurs. Work closely with MIT Solve’s Indigenous innovators, in-person and virtually, throughout North America to support the growth and efficacy of their social enterprises.
IAP Climate: Support MIT’s collaborative projects with government and community partners to support climate action plans in the Greater Boston region.
Code.Tulsa: Igniting Tech Futures: Support tech-based community development in Tulsa, Oklahoma through summer internships with Native nations and local nonprofits executing f data science, AI, and coding projects.
Social Impact Internships and Employment: Explore modes of social impact, applying your studies to real-world challenges, and strengthen your network and resume.
