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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/rak-week-2023/rak-mini-grants"><span style="color:#0563C1">Random Act of Kindness Mini Grants</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">MindHandHeart wants your ideas on how to bring your MIT community together through kindness. Whether it’s for your co-workers, your lab group, or your house or FSILG, we have RAK Mini Grants worth up to $250 for small projects any time
of the year. Fill out an application below and MHH will review and respond to you within one week. To learn more and apply for a mini-grant, please visit our website at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/rak-week-2023/rak-mini-grants"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/rak-week-2023/rak-mini-grants</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Touchstone
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/innovation-fund"><span style="color:#0563C1">The Chancellor’s Special MIT Values Innovation Fund</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Founded and supported by the Office of the Chancellor, the MindHandHeart Community Innovation Fund seeks to leverage the creativity
and problem-solving skills of MIT students, staff, and faculty to strengthen the fabric of our community. The Fund supports a wide array of projects that speak to and reflect the MIT Value's Statement, found here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://web.mit.edu/about/values-statement/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://web.mit.edu/about/values-statement/</span></a>. All
proposals for the Spring 2023 cycle will identify what Value(s) the project addresses and how the project addresses that value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">The next application cycle will open on February 13, 2023 and the application deadline is March 3, 2023. This cycle will be
for projects that begin on June 1, 2023 or after. Learn more about the Innovation Fund on our website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/innovation-fund"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://mindhandheart.mit.edu/index.php/innovation-fund</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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