Mitali Chowdhury and Christina Kim, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have been awarded the 2026 Gates Cambridge Scholarships, which provide fully funded opportunities for postgraduate study at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Chowdhury, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biological engineering, has focused her research on reducing inequities in global health. She has worked on developing low-cost testing for bacterial contamination in water in South Asia and will pursue MPhil and PhD degrees in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies at Cambridge, focusing on CRISPR-based diagnostics to address antimicrobial resistance. Christina Kim, a graduate with a degree in chemistry and biology, previously received a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for her MPhil studies and will now use her second scholarship to fund her PhD research in bioinformatics and tissue engineering at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. MIT students interested in applying for the Gates Cambridge program are encouraged to reach out to Kim Benard, the associate dean of distinguished fellowships.