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
