INVO Practicum Internship Applications Due November 22
The Innovation and New Ventures (INVO) Practicum internship is now accepting applications for the January 2020 cohort through Friday, November 22. The Practicum is an unpaid 6-month internship program open to all Northwestern students and senior scientists who are interested in learning about the university technology transfer process.
Interns are exposed to vast areas of innovation and gain hands-on experience their evaluation for patentability, marketability and commercialization readiness. They are expected to manage the analysis of multiple technologies that fall in and outside of their wheelhouse and to communicate their findings with INVO staff and faculty inventors.
Since 2015, the Practicum has trained and mentored 46 graduate students, postdocs, and research professors from McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences, and Pritzker School of Law. They bring a sophisticated level and breadth of scientific knowledge ranging from basic and synthetic biology, bioengineering, medicinal chemistry to computational chemistry, mechanical and materials science engineering. Subsequent to their internships, they have been placed in university technology transfer offices, IP law firms, consulting firms and industry across the country.
View additional program details and apply by Friday, November 22.
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