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CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Scholarship - Now Open!

Submitted by Toni Kwong on March 19, 2019 - 9:26am

The CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Scholars internship program is now accepting applications! Students can spend Summer quarter working as interns with UW faculty-led start-up companies, seeking to transfer research to real-world applications.  Participants will build upon their strengths and learn about intellectual property and entrepreneurship through hands-on teamwork with an emerging company.

Each Innovation Scholar will receive a $5,000 scholarship and earn course credit.

Students with backgrounds in art, biology, botany, business, chemistry, civil & environmental engineering, computer science & engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, microbiology, linguistics, neuroscience, physics, public health, psychology, speech & hearing sciences, statistics, visual communications, web design and more should apply.  Ten different internships are available this year, across a broad spectrum of engineering, health sciences, and natural sciences.

WHAT: CoMotion Mary Gates Innovation Scholars

WHEN: Summer 2019 (June 24 – August 23)

EARN: $5,000 and course credit

DEADLINE: Monday, April 8 at midnight

APPLY ONLINE!

INFORMATION SESSIONS:

Monday, March 18, 2:30pm-3:30pm

Monday, April 1, 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Students from all three campuses are invited to apply. All internships will be at/near the Seattle campus.  Only degree-seeking UW undergraduate students are eligible (students graduating in Summer 2019 or later are eligible; Winter or Spring quarter graduates are not eligible).  This program is made possible by CoMotion and the Mary Gates Endowment for Students.

Please share this announcement with all students who may be interested! Students are welcome to schedule an appointment with Assistant Director, Annabel Cholico cholico@uw.edu for more information or send questions tomgates@uw.edu.

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