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About the roleHalo’s mission is to move science forward. Halo’s platform connects scientists directly with companies to bring new innovations to the world, working with R&D teams at global companies on topics ranging from sustainability to human health. Since going live in January 2020, more than 16,000 scientists and science-led startups from 130+ countries have joined.Halo is building a team of Innovation Scouts (5 - 10 hrs/week at $20/hr) with expertise in one or more of the following areas: materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, biology, biological engineering, crop science, food science, agriculture, and related fields. Work can be done remotely and on your own schedule. The fellowship lasts ~16 weeks with potential for extension into a part-time or full-time role.Who you areYou are a PhD graduate student or Postdoc in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, biology, biomedical engineering, crop science or related fields.You are a resourceful and creative problem-solver with a can-do attitude.You are excited to be part of an early-stage social impact startup that can help advance science and positively impact the world.You can communicate complex scientific concepts to non-technical audiences.You have an interest in learning about academic/industry collaboration and getting exposure to large corporate R&D practices.Bonus points for prior experience in applied research and/or tech scouting.More bonus points for prior experience conducting industry-sponsored research.What you’ll doDevise a simple technology landscape and plan of attack for canvasing scientific journals, technologies and startups capable of addressing the technology challenges of Halo’s corporate sponsors.Conduct independent, self-directed research using popular publication, grant and patent databases (PubMed, SBIR/STTR, NSF, Google Scholar, Google Patents, etc.) and tech scouting tools (Semantic Search, Clarivate, CB Insights, Pitchbook, etc.).Dream up and test other clever (possibly genius) approaches for sourcing partners and potential solutions outside more traditional tactics.
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