HST Biomedical Engineering Industrial Internship Program

About the Industrial Internship Program

This program, sponsored by HST and supported by a grant from the Whitaker Foundation, is intended to be a companion piece to a summer internship in biomedical industry. It engages Harvard and MIT students in academic activity beyond the scope of a summer job.

The HST Biomedical Engineering Internship Program offers 15 to 20 Scholarships to Harvard and MIT students who take part in a qualified internship.

$500 for Boston area internships
$250 for internships outside the Boston area

• Presentation of an intern's project to an internal company group
  
• Writing a short (5 page max) paper that explicitly is cleared for proprietary information concerns by the company supervisor
  
• Presenting a 15 min talk in September when back on campus

• Participation in several short seminars presented by industry mentors during the summer on topics such as intellectual property, regulatory issues, clinical trials, FDA approval process, financing of new projects and even new companies.

Two Types of Internships

In addition the the standard internship described above, theCollaborative Internships provides an opportunity for summer internship research to transition into thesis research.

In addition to the components of the traditional summer internship, this experience requires that:

• the academic department and the company agree that such an arrangement is appropriate.
• a joint company and MIT research project with flexible duration
• involvement of a second mentor who is a member of the MIT or Harvard faculty and who will supervise the student's research from the standpoint of a thesis advisor.

HST 572

Although it is not a prerequisite to the internship program, it is recommended that students considering a summer industrial internship take HST.572 - Future Medical Technologies. This course explores how medical technologies such as pharmaceuticals, drug delivery and medical devices are transferred from research to actual use (commercialization). In a seminar setting, students interact with biomedical scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs directly involved in creating new companies based on future technologies. Click on the above link for a syllabus and more information about the course.

For more information, contact us by email or phone:

Program Contact:
Patty Glidden
MIT Room E25-518
(617)258-7084
pglidden@mit.edu

Program Director:
James Weaver, PhD
MIT Room 16-319
617-253-4194,
jcw@mit.edu

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