Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is renowned as a world-class educational institution whose mission is "to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century."

WGBH Radio in Boston engages listeners worldwide through a rich array of regional, national and international audio services, including such programs as The World. WGBH provides a variety of feature-length stories to some of public radio's most prominent programs.

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a nonprofit research and educational institution founded in 1982 “to identify and support the finest young minds in science.” It ranks among the world’s top research institutions.