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If you missed it, please see the video link to see the informational session facilitated by Careers Beyond Academia and led by Daniel Acker and Chong Guo of Flagship Pioneering.

The Flagship Fellowship is a paid, full-time 12 week program that runs June 5 through August 25, 2023 (12 weeks) in Boston.

Cycle 2 applications are due March 10.

Ideal candidates have/are:

  • deep scientific background in the life sciences and academic excellence
  • creative in the ability to solve complex scientific problems
  • entrepreneurial leader, effective communicator, team player
  • available for full-time employment in Boston by June 2024
  • PhD/MD/JD/MBA candidate or postdoc, strong scientific training

An AI/ML track is specific for those with strong computational experience

  • AI/ML fellows are integrated into the larger class
  • have some specific projects and professional development opportunities

The summer experience includes:

  • partner and CEO talks
  • company tours
  • mentoring (1:1 with director, small groups with current associates/principals)
  • skills development (landscape analysis, patents 101, effective storytelling)
  • meet & greets
  • networking (Flagship Fellows alumni panel, alumni LinkedIn group)–alumni are scientists, in biz development, strategy
  • social events

Flagship’s synergistic ecosystem of innovative platforms includes:

  • ag, nutrition, and sustainability
  • cell therapies
  • gene therapies
  • new pathways & mechanisms
  • novel modalities
  • devices & diagnostics