Opportunities

Activate 2024 Application Webinar—July 18

Join Activate for the first Cohort 2024 Application Webinar to learn more about the Activate Fellowship, the application and selection process, and to get your questions answered live by our team!

Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders.  The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, technologists, and fellow entrepreneurs. 

For more information about the fellowship and this year's application process and to sign up for application updates, visit www.activate.org/apply.

MARC 2023: Registration now open!

MARC2023 will be held in-person at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire. After submission and review of abstracts, conference attendees will be asked to submit a poster and deliver a 60-second research pitch at MARC. ​Researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts.

Registration is now open!

Massachusetts Microelectronics Summer Internship Program—Apply by Oct. 15

Are you a first year or sophomore student interested in learning about microelectronics and hardware? Apply to the Massachusetts Microelectronics Summer Internship Program. No experience required!

The Massachusetts Microelectronics Summer Internship Program is looking for the next generation of microelectronics leaders.

This 10-week program will not only provide you with an impactful and fulfilling internship, but also with an industry mentor through the duration of your studies, weekly training modules on key topics of microelectronics and leadership, and an amazing cohort of like-minded students looking forward to lead the next revolution in technology.

The application deadline is October 15, 2022. Read more and apply: https://ma-microelectronics.org

Fall course—6.2540 Nanotechnology: From Atoms to Systems (formerly 6.S059)

Led by EECS Assistant Professor Farnaz Niroui, this undergraduate course introduces the fundamentals of applied quantum mechanics, materials science, and fabrication skills needed to design, engineer, and build emerging nanodevices with diverse applications in energy, memory, display, communications, and sensing. Focuses on the application and outlines the full progression from the fundamentals to the implemented device and functional technology. Closely integrates lectures with design-oriented laboratory modules. 

Read more and register.

J-WAFS Call for videos: MIT research for a food secure future

October 16th marks World Food Day, an annual reminder of food system challenges and the need to secure healthy and nutritious food for all. To acknowledge World Food Day 2022, J-WAFS is having a video competition showcasing the exciting food and agriculture research being conducted by students across MIT. The competition is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and recent alumni with research in this field!

Submit your video by September 27!

Job opening: MIT.nano seeks research specialist

MIT.nano is seeking a research specialist to join the state-of-the-art microscopy and characterization shared experimental facilities (SEF). This individual will be supporting the facility’s characterization capabilities for a broad range of applications and sample preparation. The main responsibility will be to support users in the day-to-day operations and hands on training in the advanced cleanroom metrology and imaging equipment.

Read more and apply.