Initiative for New Manufacturing

Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) is an MIT-wide effort that drives research, education, and collaborations to transform the future of manufacturing in the United States and beyond.

The Initiative fwill redefine what’s possible in manufacturing. Through bold research, hands-on training, and deep industry collaboration, INM will build the tools, systems, and talent to shape a more productive, sustainable, and resilient future.

INM is guided by a cross-disciplinary team of faculty and advisors with deep expertise across engineering, the social sciences, management, and more. The initiative reports to the Office of Innovation and Strategy. This structure ensures alignment with Institute priorities, and enables INM to drive collaboration and impact across MIT and beyond. INM is continuing to build its leadership team and is forming a faculty steering committee with membership from all Schools and the College of Computing.

INM grew from a faculty-led effort to rethink how manufacturing can meet today’s biggest challenges. Through symposia, workshops , and a distinguished speaker series , members of the MIT community discussed the future of “new manufacturing”, alongside ideas in workforce training, advanced technologies, and industry collaboration—laying the foundation for a bold, Institute-wide initiative.

With support from President Kornbluth, a faculty study group shaped the vision that became INM. Launched in 2025, the initiative draws on MIT’s cross-disciplinary strengths to help transform the industrial base. INM seeks to drive production technologies, systems, and organizational approaches that improve energy production, health and life sciences, computing infrastructure, national security, the built environment, and more.