Remote Innovation Scout Internship

Summary

Join our team of Innovation Scouts and contribute to identifying universities scientists, engineers, and early-stage startups capable of addressing the technology needs of our corporate sponsors. Work can be done remotely and on your own schedule.

Requirements

• PhD graduate student or Postdoc in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, biology, biomedical engineering, crop science, or related fields
• Resourceful and creative problem-solver with a can-do attitude
• Excited to be part of an early-stage social impact startup that can help advance science and positively impact the world
• Ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to non-technical audiences
• Interest in learning about academic/industry collaboration and getting exposure to large corporate R&D practices

Responsibilities

• Devise a simple technology landscape and plan of attack for canvasing scientific journals, technologies, and startups capable of addressing the technology challenges of our corporate sponsors
• Conduct independent, self-directed research using popular publication, grant, and patent databases (PubMed, SBIR/STTR, NSF, Google Scholar, Google Patents, etc.) and tech scouting tools (Semantic Search, Clarivate, CB Insights, Pitchbook, etc.)
• Dream up and test other clever (possibly genius) approaches for sourcing partners and potential solutions outside the more old-school, traditional tactics

Benefits

Work can be done remotely and on your own schedule