Paid Internships

The IDEA Center has a limited number of internships each academic year. Students are invited to apply for a position as a startup coach or analyst. Additional opportunities may also become available throughout the year with companies in Innovation Park or an early-stage Notre Dame startup, so check back here for updates.

Commercialization Engine Internship

The overall objective of the Commercialization Engine Internship is to provide a real-world experience for students in the innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship space. The interns will be able to investigate multiple different industries (inside and outside their educational background) while learning about the efforts required to commercialize early-stage technologies and inventions. The interns will work on technologies researched and developed by Notre Dame faculty members. Projects can range from novel therapeutics for rare diseases to innovative advances in communication technology to new artificial intelligence methods. This internship will provide a foundational background to students interested in pursuing careers in consulting, commercialization, innovation, and/or entrepreneurship. 

Students interested in the Commercialization Engine Internship will be able to elect which facet of the Engine they would like to primarily focus on during the internship. The available positions include technical market analyst, insights analyst, and technology validation analyst. For more information visit the Commercialization Engine's webpage.

Startup Coach 

The Startup Coach (SC) is instrumental in overseeing the progression of Student-led Startups within the Student Entrepreneurship program at the IDEA Center. The SC will be responsible for their own portfolio of student-led startups, helping them to de-risk, validate, and grow their businesses with the help of IDEA Center resources.  The SC will walk their student ventures through the processes of problem validation, solution validation, prototyping, testing, and market discovery.
The Startup Coach job description can be found here.
Interested students should complete this Startup Coach Interview Application.

If you have any questions, please contact Owyn Ferguson (oferguso@nd.edu) or Maya Malackowski (mmalacko@nd.edu).