Summer Scholars Program
The Querrey InQbation Lab Summer Scholars Program provides summer entrepreneurial fellowship opportunities to Northwestern undergraduates at Northwestern startups. The program will provide a $4k stipend to students to cover living expenses for 8 weeks of full-time work and will conclude with a "demo day" where students will present their summer projects to their peers.
Application Process
1. Interested Northwestern undergraduate students should email a cover letter and resume to inqbationlab@northwestern.edu. In the cover letter, please indicate which project is of interest.
*WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ANY OF THE PROJECTS BELOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE SUMMER SCHOLARS PROGRAM.*
2. Selected candidates will interview with startups by the week of March 6.
3. The InQbation Lab will offer summer positions by Friday, March 17. Candidates will have one week to accept the offer.
If you have questions about the Summer Scholars program, please email inqbationlab@northwestern.edu.
Summer 2023 Projects
BIOTECH- Opera Biosciences: Fermentation Optimization for a Zero Purification Bacterial Protein Production Platform
- Stemloop: Transcription Factor Biosensor Discovery and Optimization
- Syenex: Discovery of Novel Delivery Vector Compositions for Gene and Cell Therapies
MEDTECH
CONSUMER TECH
- Yobee Care: Launch Strategy and Business Plan for a Probiotic Personal Care Startup
- Chang Industrial: Graphene Oxide as a Sustainable Food Packaging Material
NEXT GEN MATERIALS
- Actinia: Optimization of Chemical Doping and Crystal Orientation to Improve the Radiation Detection Properties of Perovskites
- Mattiq: High-Throughput Discovery of Catalysts for the Energy Transition
- Volexion: Graphene Precursor Optimization and Scale-Up and Scalable Data Visualization tools and Self-learning techniques
Q LAB