Addir Interfaith Dialogue Program Application
Approximately 25 students of different faiths are selected as Addir Fellows each year. Fellows meet regularly over the course of the year to participate in a stimulating environment that encourages dialogue, openness, and understanding.
Fellows’ requirements
- MIT undergraduate and graduate students
- Participation for a minimum of an academic year
- All religious, spiritual and philosophical identities are welcome
- Eight hours each month: Weekly small dialogue group meetings, 6 monthly lectures by guest scholars with dinners each semester, one mini retreat per semester.
- An orientation dinner, at the start of each term, brings all Fellows together and kicks off the small-group dialogue meetings.
- Two mini-retreats (24 hours at nearby site off campus) typically on Columbus Day and Patriot's Day vacation weekends.