A full-time summer Fellowship where exceptional innovator-entrepreneurs help create the next disruptive life science startups.
The Flagship Pioneering Fellowship offers outstanding scientists, engineers, inventors, and data scientists an unparalleled opportunity to combine hard work and a self-starter mentality with scientific expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset as they immerse themselves in Flagship Pioneering's novel approach to creating world-changing ventures in human health, sustainability, AI, and beyond.
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A summer as a Flagship Pioneering 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.
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Qualifications
-Deep expertise in any scientific or technical field: biology, chemistry, agriculture, engineering, materials science, etc. – or research or industry expertise applying AI/ML to any of these fields.
-Broad scientific interests and the ability to quickly ask provocative questions in any scientific or technical domain.Â
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-Completed or within the final year of a professional scientific degree (PhD, MD, or international equivalent).
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-Comfort with scientific uncertainty and ambiguity of outcomes; self-starter mentality; demonstrated leader, communicator, and strong team player
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Application open through December 15th, 2026
Join Flagship Pioneering’s Director of Fellowship and Talent Development, Bradley Coleman, and a selection of speakers across Flagship’s ecosystem for an overview of Flagship, its unique approach to institutionalised entrepreneuring, and the Flagship Summer Fellowship.
Available Sessions
Oxford city centre - November 3, 2026 5-7:30pm GMT
 Wellcome Genome Campus - November 4, 2026 12-1:30pm GMT
Cambridge West Campus - November 4, 2026 3-4:30pm GMT
London Euston - November 4, 2026 6:30-9pm GMT
SLCU (Plant Sciences focus) - November 5, 2026 3:30-5pm GMT
Cambridge Biomedical Campus - November 5, 2026 6:30-9pm GMT
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to register for the event at Oxford on November 3, please click here
 to register for the events on November 4 and 5, please register below
Guest Speakers
Brad Coleman, PhD - Director, Flagship Pioneering Fellowship & Talent Development
Christoforos Anagnostopoulos, PhD - Chief Causal AI Officer, Valo
Javier Alvarez Valle - Director of Artificial Intelligence, Quotient Therapeutics
Jocelyn Charlton, PhD - Senior Director, Computational Biology, Harbinger Health
Lena Afeyan, PhD, MBA - Head of UK Science Strategy and Innovation, Flagship Pioneering, and Former Fellow
Reza Rohani, PhD - Flagship Pioneering Associate and 2025 Summer Fellow
Siavash Monfared, PhD - Flagship Pioneering Associate and 2025 Summer AI Fellow
Shreya Singal, PhD - Flagship Associate and 2025 Summer Fellow (remote)
Sybil Wong, PhD - Director, Scientific Project Management, Flagship Pioneering in the UK
Sutha Satkunarajah - Vice President, Strategy and Operations, Flagship Pioneering in the UK