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Fellowships/Internships/Programs

2025 Flagship Pioneering Fellowship
Applications deadline January 20
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Location: Cambridge, MA
Flagship Pioneering is looking for extraordinary scientists, engineers, and physicians for the 2025 class of Flagship Pioneering Fellows. Immersed in their unique company creation process, Fellows start by asking “What if” or “If only.” Working in teams, they use their scientific instincts and creativity to generate novel scientific concepts that go beyond existing scholarship and challenge dogma. Fellows then learn to iterate, challenge, and shape these ideas into unreasonable yet compelling hypotheses with the potential to produce pioneering new ventures.

Runway Postdoc Program
Applications deadline February 15th
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This program is designed for recently graduated PhDs from deep tech backgrounds who have a startup idea. It is open for domestic and international PhDs. The Runway Startup Postdoc Program is part business school, part research institution, and part startup incubator. Based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Runway ushers recent PhDs in digital technology fields through a paradigm shift — from an academic mindset to an entrepreneurial outlook.
Runway provides an impressive package valued at $175,000 in the first year and $150,000 in the second year, which includes a salary, research budget, housing allowance, space and more. Learn more about benefits and perks here.

Weill Cornell Clinical & Translational Science Center Career Development & Training Opportunities
KL2 Scholar Award: Applications due February 5th. Up to $105,000 per year salary, plus up to $25,000 per year for research.
TL1 Training Award: Applications due March 5th. $37,474 for one year (pre-doc) and up to $80,556 for one year (early post-doc).
Master’s Degree Program in Clinical & Translational Investigation: Applications due March 12th
Advanced Certificate Program in Clinical & Translational Investigation: Applications due March 12th

Ignite Fellow for New Ventures
Application Deadline March 1
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Looking to make a real-world impact with a technology you’ve developed at Cornell? The Ignite Fellow for New Ventures program funds and trains Ph.D. and master’s holders with entrepreneurial outlooks to start technology ventures.
During the 12-month fellowship, fellows work in their faculty inventor’s lab for technology development and report to one of the incubator directors at the Center for Life Science Ventures, Praxis Center for Venture Development, or Runway Startup Postdocs for business development support.
Ignite Fellow for New Ventures is administered by the Center for Technology Licensing, a division of Research & Innovation at Cornell University.

LifeSci NYC
Look at opportunities HERE
All types of positions will continue to be posted on a rolling basis, as host companies are ready to begin their hiring process. At present, there are 64 roles listed at 38 different companies. Once a student creates an application, they may view job descriptions for all of these roles in our job portal, and may submit cover letters for those that interest them. Students who have not yet applied for our program may view all of our academic year and full-time roles at http://bit.ly/altopps, and may then submit a program application in order to apply for listed roles.

Academic Grant Program for Researchers | NVIDIA
APPLY by February 5
The NVIDIA Academic Grant Program supports academic research by providing access to NVIDIA’s cloud, hardware, and software resources. Benefits include research grants, support letters for grant applications, and opportunities for promotion and networking through NVIDIA’s channels.
To qualify, applicants must be full-time faculty at accredited institutions awarding PhDs, and projects must use NVIDIA technology. The program is competitive, with calls for proposals in areas like generative AI, simulation and modeling, data science, graphics and vision, and edge AI. Applications must follow the proposal template and meet all requirements.

Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell
Visit the BLP site so you see the areas of expertise for the 32 BLP mentors and view their schedule to make an appointment with them here
BLP provides mentorship and venture creation support to Cornell student, alumni, faculty, or staff at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey. Whether you are interested in learning more about the entrepreneurship community at Cornell, have an idea, or need help with later-stage startup challenges, BLP mentors are there to guide you.

NY Ventures - Meet with Josh Nelson, Director of the Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund
About NY Ventures
This state venture capital arm actively looks to provide greater access to venture capital across NY State. If your company is HQed in NY State and raising a pre-seed or seed round (or plans to soon), we encourage you to check out the program.
Meet Josh at his bi-weekly virtual office hours and meet founders in small groups to answer any questions individuals may have about the program. Hosted on Mondays or Thursdays. You can also direct questions via email to NYVenturesPreSeed@esd.ny.gov

Red Bear Ventures (RBV) Positions
Company Overview 
RBV invests exclusively in companies founded by, or managed by, the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Cornell. RBV is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by or funded by, Cornell. However, part of the firm’s strategy is to engage the university’s 300,000+ alumni to a) help source and vet potential investments and b) assist portfolio companies with advice and introductions.
You can get involved with the firm in one or more of the following roles:
* Deal Flow Ambassador (source companies from your network)
* Due Diligence Expert (help vet potential investments based on your domain expertise)
* Portfolio Company Advisor (help companies by leveraging your expertise and network)
Shared by Daniel Stoller ‘93 & Gus Warren ‘94

NSF Innovation Corps Program
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In 2011, the U.S. National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program was launched to support NSF's mission through experiential learning using the customer discovery process — allowing teams to quickly assess their inventions' market potential. I-Corps prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory to increase the economic and societal impact of NSF-funded and other basic research projects.