The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of research, teaching, and programming at the intersections of art, science, and engineering.

Established with the help of a previous Mellon grant, the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST) brings outstanding artists to campus to work with faculty and students and sponsors a biennial symposium that addresses interrelated, mutually informing modes of exploration, knowledge, and discovery in various domains of the arts and sciences. Since its inception in 2012, CAST has funded more than twenty artist residencies and collaborative projects involving MIT faculty and students, twelve cross-disciplinary courses and workshops, two concert series, and numerous multimedia projects, lectures, and symposia.

"The Mellon Foundation has an unparalleled role in funding pioneering programs in the arts and humanities, and this gift is a wonderful affirmation of the role of the arts at MIT, CAST's mission, and of the institute's distinctive arts heritage," said MIT provost Philip S. Khoury. "We are enormously grateful for the Mellon’s ongoing support, which will enable us to expand the vital work of the center."