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CSL helps companies identify and create transformative growth opportunities by applying venture and entrepreneurial best practices to corporate innovation. The CSL Fellows pairs interdisciplinary graduate students with corporate partners for a paid fellowship that provides the students with a dynamic Corporate Innovation experience.

CSL Fellows

Matching interdisciplinary graduate students and corporations for Corporate Innovation Associate experience

The CSL Fellows is a program with the Corporate Startup Lab that pairs interdisciplinary graduate students with corporate partners across industries including fintech, healthcare, and industrial innovation. As a CSL Fellow, students spend ten hours a week working with corporate partners as “corporate venture and innovation associates,” helping with Market Mapping, Opportunity Definition, Go-To-Market Strategy, Due Diligence, and Portfolio Strategy. It is a paid fellowship that spans a semester of work.

HOW IT WORKS

• Two Graduate Students are assigned to each sponsor company per semester

• Sponsors and CSL engage weekly to collaborate on direction

• Outside of the weekly meeting, students work independently 10 hours a week with an experienced CSL Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) guiding the work throughout the semester

Examples of work completed

• Portfolio strategy assistance by defining market landscapes and identifying relevant emerging technologies and startups

• Exploration of potential use cases and new product-market opportunities presented by emerging technologies (e.g. AI, Robotics, LLMs)

• Hands-on evaluation and testing

• Competitive analyses through creation of competitive landscapes, financial models, and market sizing

Fall 2024 Application Process

How it works

The Corporate Startup Lab is accepting applications to be considered for the Fall 2024 cohort. Applications will close at 11:59pmEST on August 1, 2024. Once your application has been submitted, you will receive an email confirming receipt.

APPLY HERE!

Please note that due to the high volume of applications and the unique needs of each project, not all students will receive interviews.

You will be notified whether or not you will be interviewed by August 2, 2024 and interviews will take place the weeks of August 5 and August 12, 2024.

If you have difficulty accessing the application please send us an email.