<p>The reason MIT does not produce many Churchill scholars is because very few MIT students apply. MIT and Cambridge formed a joint venture called the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) in 2000. Part of the Institute is an exchange program under which Cambridge students can study for a year at MIT and vice versa. Therefore If MIT students want to study at Cambridge they don’t need to apply for a special scholarship. They also have more choices of Cambridge Colleges such as King’s College (as opposed to Churchill Scholars who have to stay at Churchill College). It is the only program of its kind in the US where students can spend an entire year at Cambridge rather than just a semester. 14 MIT departments and 10 Cambridge departments participate. Interestingly, there are far more Cambridge applicants to MIT than vice-versa so it is not very hard for an MIT student to join the program if he wants to. Around 20 MIT students per year join the program more than the entire number of Churchill Scholars.</p>