Internships & Arch Opportunities
REIP is designed to connect curious students with early-stage startups. Want to experience the opportunities and challenges of working within a startup or early stage company?
Students engage in intensive internships with selected campus-based or off-campus technology-based start-ups, gaining firsthand experience with the challenges typically faced by new ventures. In turn, participating start-ups gain the help of top-quality students with skills to complement their internal teams.
Interested in earning URP credit? Looking for an Arch opportunity? Want to get immersed in a startup as an intern or co-op student?
For select students, funding will be provided by the REIP program to during the internship.
Are you a campus-based startup looking for world-class students to support your development efforts? Are you a new venture that is interested in hosting RPI students as interns or co-ops but don’t want to use your own funding to pay them? The REIP program can help. Startups can apply to host students through the REIP program. The Severino Center can help pair students with startups.
Contact severinocenter@rpi.edu to learn more and submit an application to the REIP program.
The Garnet D. Baltimore Scholars program seeks to connect Rensselaer undergraduates with entrepreneurial experiences by providing up to $5,000 for engaging in entrepreneurial activities with campus-based or regional startups. For more information or to apply, please contact: success@rpi.edu
Open to rising juniors, the award funds a data-intensive research fellowship for a rising junior to intern directly with Rensselaer data researchers.
Contact severinocenter@rpi.edu to learn more and submit an application to the Nuvalence Summer Fellowship Program.
Fellowships
To commence in Spring 2025! Are you an undergraduate student, graduate student, post-doc, faculty, or staff who is interested in founding your own startup? Get paid as you launch your venture! Apply for a summer Founder Fellowship and get supported during the summer while you focus on your startup. Founder Fellowship awards pay you to work as you start your company.
Undergraduates who wish to start a company during their Arch away semester are also eligible to apply.
Contact severinocenter@rpi.edu to learn more and submit an application to the Founder Fellowship Program.