Poitras family funds 50 two-year MIT psychiatric-research fellowships

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Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 4:09 PM EDT

Patricia and James Poitras have given MIT $10 million to establish 50 two-year fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers studying psychiatric disorders. The Poitras Center will award five fellowships annually for a decade, and five researchers have joined the inaugural cohort. The projects cover anxiety diagnosis, fear memories, gut-brain communication, treatment selection and exercise-related brain changes. The program finances researchers rather than a demonstrated clinical or technical advance; its next application window opens in May 2027.

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