--- title: "MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships" url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-affiliates-win-2026-hertz-foundation-fellowships-x4a9psd4g source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2026/hertz-foundation-fellowships-0611 type: article source: "MIT News" published: 2026-06-11T17:38:52.943Z updated: 2026-06-11T17:39:08.882Z tags: ["machine-learning", "robotics", "mit"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Hertz Foundation has awarded 2026 fellowships to four MIT-affiliated doctoral students: Annika Marschner (surgical robotics and bio-inspired systems), Alvin Q. Meng (inorganic chemistry, iron-sulfur clusters), Zachary S. Siegel (AI, robotics, and Bayesian inference for goal reasoning), and Matthew Wanta (operations research, autonomous systems, and drone swarm control). Each receives five years of financial support including stipend and full tuition equivalent, granting them autonomy to pursue independent research. They are among 19 total Hertz Fellows selected nationally this year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Six from MIT awarded 2026 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans](https://daily.dev/posts/six-from-mit-awarded-2026-paul-and-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-new-americans-nqmibqa7e) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Four from MIT named 2026 Searle Scholars](https://daily.dev/posts/four-from-mit-named-2026-searle-scholars-2dwro0qbh) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MIT affiliates named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-affiliates-named-2025-schmidt-sciences-ai2050-fellows-2q9laxsr0) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#mit](https://daily.dev/tags/mit) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-affiliates-win-2026-hertz-foundation-fellowships-x4a9psd4g)