Skysong Innovations Fellow

Skysong Innovations (SI); Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 3.000 - 5.400; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work schedule

$30 bi-weekly cell phone reimbursement

Hands-on professional experience

Professional development plans

LinkedIn Learning access

Networking with SI leaders

Zusammenfassung

Skysong Innovations is ASU’s exclusive technology transfer and IP management partner, offering a Fellows Program for graduate students and post-docs to assess commercial potential of ASU technologies.

The Fellow will commit to a minimum of 5 hours per week for one year, with potential extension. The program includes hands-on IP, marketing, and licensing exposure, and cross‑functional collaboration with SI and ASU scholars.

Qualifikationen

• Graduate student or post-doc at ASU able to work at least 5 hours weekly.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex scientific ideas.
• Willingness to learn.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent time management and ability to deliver on time.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding ASU entities.
• Problem-solving and initiative.
• Team-oriented strategist managing complex situations.
• Represent the institution well.
• Advocate for ASU's vision.
• Attention to detail and thoroughness.
• Highly organized with ability to handle multiple projects.

Aufgaben

• Participate in a paid internship focusing on assessing tech and IP.
• Review ASU invention disclosures for IP protection.
• Work with business development on marketing and licensing.
• Engage with patent counsel on IP protection processes.
• Assist Physical Science team in promoting IP and education at ASU.
• Engage with outside investors, venture capital, accelerators and incubators.
• Participate in training to perform assessments of new technologies.
• Receive instruction on U.S. patent law related to patents.
• Learn marketing university tech and license negotiations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Scientific literacy

Communication skills

Time management

Teamwork

Discretion

Initiative

Ausbildung

ASU student (Masters/PhD/MBA/JD)

Jobbeschreibung

What You’ll Do

Skysong Innovations is ASU’s exclusive technology transfer and intellectual property management company responsible for the rapid and wide dissemination of ASU’s discoveries and inventions into the marketplace for the public good.

The Skysong Innovations (SI) Fellows Program is an education program available to graduate (Masters/PhD/MBA/JD) students and Post-Doctoral Fellows at Arizona State University (ASU) with a focus on the physical and/or life sciences. The program concentrates on providing support for the assessment of the commercial potential of new technologies disclosed to SI. Working with SI, ASU’s exclusive intellectual property management and technology transfer organization, Fellows will be exposed to a wide range of emerging technologies and commercialization opportunities that are developed by ASU researchers in the physical and/or life sciences areas. Participants will interact with technology transfer professionals across multiple areas within SI.

The Fellow will work a minimum of 5 hours per week, with the assignment being one year in length, with potential to extend.

Learn more about our student employment program here.

Experiential Component

• Participate in a paid internship program focusing on assessing technical, commercial, and intellectual property (IP) aspects of ASU technologies, and assisting in the development and execution of commercialization and patenting strategies for ASU technologies
• Review invention disclosures submitted to SI for purposes of IP protection, including but not limited to following up with principal inventors (PI) regarding technical information regarding their disclosed technologies
• Work with SI’s business development team in the marketing and licensing of ASU-owned technologies, including preparing marketing materials, identifying marketing targets, and facilitating discussions between interested parties and ASU PIs regarding the technologies
• Engage with SI’s outside patent counsel in the preparation and prosecution of ASU-owned IP through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as patent offices of various foreign jurisdictions
• Assist the Physical Science team in creating and fostering relationships with various faculty, schools, departments, and labs at ASU to promote and educate PIs on IP and commercialization activity at ASU
• Engage with outside investors, venture capital operations, accelerators, and/or incubators in furtherance of SI’s commercialization efforts

Instructional Component

• Participate in a series of activities and direct training that will provide the necessary elements to perform assessments of new technologies at SI
• Receive instruction on U.S. Patent Law as it relates to the preparation and prosecution of patent applications
• Receive instruction on aspects of marketing university technology and negotiating license agreements for university IP
• Other duties as assigned

What You'll Need

• Proficiency in scientific discipline with the ability to be trained in the feasibility of the commercial potential of scientific work
• Ability to clearly communicate, both verbally and in writing, complex scientific ideas
• Willingness to learn
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent time management skills with the demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and responsibility regarding information related to ASU Enterprise Partners, Skysong Innovations, and Arizona State University
• Problem solver who can take initiative and set priorities while being flexible
• Team-oriented strategist able to effectively manage complex situations involving numerous and sometimes competing constituencies
• Ability to represent the institution well
• An advocate's belief in the vision of ASU as the New American University
• Attention to detail and thoroughness in completing assigned duties
• Highly organized and able to handle multiple projects

Relevant Qualifications

• Arizona State University student at the master's, doctoral, post-doctoral level, or professional level (MBA/JD) with the ability to work a minimum of 5 hours per week

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule. We work from home on Mondays and Fridays!
• $30 bi-weekly cell phone reimbursement
• Hands-on experience in a professional environment
• Professional development plans
• Opportunity to network with ASUEP leaders and other ASU students
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and their 8,000+ courses
• Professional skills workshops

At ASU Enterprise Partners

We serve.

We serve the faculty and staff of ASU to bring them resources so they can do all the great things that they do.

We innovate.

We’re always looking for new ideas, new solutions, new approaches and new ways to address the challenges facing ASU.

We engage.

We engage our donors, philanthropists, investors and partners, connecting them to ASU and helping them share their time, talent and treasure.

We care.

When we serve, innovate and engage, it shows that we care — about faculty, staff, donors, fellow employees and other partners as we bring resources to ASU.

ASU Enterprise Partners and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer that is firmly committed to promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within our organization and throughout our sphere of influence. Because we embrace a spirit of innovation and achievement, we will endeavor to maximize the talent and potential of all employees, directors, and volunteers through bold and strategic action aimed at building success and a sense of belonging. All employees are expected to act in good faith to support these actions and to not impede the efforts of others to build a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization.

Skysong Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer