A 12-week, paid summer Fellowship where exceptional innovator-entrepreneurs help create disruptive startups in human health, sustainability, and beyond.
Since 2009, the ĢƵAPP Fellowship has offered outstanding scientists, engineers, inventors, data scientists, and budding entrepreneurs an unparalleled opportunity to apply scientific expertise, entrepreneurial talent, and a self-starter mentality toward creating the next world-changing startups and ventures in human health, sustainability, and beyond.
A summer as a ĢƵAPP Fellow is an intense and exciting opportunity to work hand-in-hand with Flagship’s seasoned professionals through our uniquely entrepreneurial scientific exploration process to build breakthrough platform and product companies that change the world.
"At Flagship, we see AI as an accelerant to the scientific method itself."
— Noubar Afeyan, Founder & CEO
We welcome Fellows of all levels of AI/ML experience who are eager to learn, collaborate, and apply these tools to build transformative ventures.
What You'll Do
What if there were an apprenticeship for scientific imagination?
Immersed in our unique company creation process, Fellows start by asking “What if” or “If only.” Working in teams, they use their scientific instincts and creativity to generate novel concepts that go beyond existing scholarship and challenge the dogma of human health, technology, AI, and sustainability.Fellows then learn to iterate, challenge, and shape these ideas into unreasonable yet compelling hypotheses with the potential to produce pioneering new ventures.
As a ĢƵAPP Fellow you will:
Learn and implement ĢƵAPP’s unique process of generating and refining actionable, pioneering hypotheses
Exhibit and develop your creativity, adaptability, and ability to innovate in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Explore ideas and innovations with the potential to become breakthrough companies in industries ranging from human health to sustainability, technology, AI, and beyond
Meet, network with, and learn from experienced members of the Flagship team from across our Ecosystem – Associates, Partners, Business Unit and functional leaders, CEOs and more
Build relationships and expand your network with a diverse and successful cohort of peers and alumni
Explore full-time opportunities at ĢƵAPP and our Ecosystem of companies
Expand Your Opportunities
The ĢƵAPP Fellowship serves as an important pipeline in recruiting for foundational roles at ĢƵAPP, including:
Associate positions in Flagship Labs origination teams and roles in Pioneering Intelligence, our dedicated AI initiative
Foundational, ground-level leadership positions at Flagship-founded companies in human health, sustainability, technology, AI, and beyond
Graduates of the Fellowship have also gone on to exciting careers in biotech and life science, including:
A variety of scientific and strategy roles in independent companies and startups
Scientists and leaders in global biotech and pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca, Alnylam, and Biogen
Roles at leading academic and research institutions, such as Stanford, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Broad Institute, Whitehead Institute, MIT, Koch Institute, and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
How to Apply
The deadline for applications for the 2026 Fellowship is January 12, 2026.
To apply, please . If you have questions, contact Fellowship Director Bradley Coleman.
Information Sessions about the 2026 Fellowship are offered on the following dates and times:
November 6, 2025, 2–3 PM EDT
December 9, 2025, 10–11 AM EDT
January 7, 2026, 11 AM–12 PM EDT
to select your preferred date and time.
Testimonials
Former Fellows sat down with us to reflect on grappling with being pushed outside their comfort zones, the advantages of meaningful collaboration and teamwork, and what it means to take bold scientific leaps at ĢƵAPP. Watch the full series of videos.