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The SPRINT internships will offer a wide variety of opportunities in both emerging and established companies across the life-science industry in Connecticut. Internships available will span across scientific, commercial, finance, and administrative functions and all applicants will be eligible to participate in skill workshops.
Undergraduate and Graduate
Clinical Data Sciences Intern
IT Systems Chromatography Intern
IT Research, Development & Medical Intern
Patient Affordability Intern
Undergraduate Student Postings
Undergraduate and Graduate Opportunities
Clinical Data Sciences Interns (M.S).
Boehringer Ingelheim | Ridgefield, CT (Hybrid)
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our Biostatistics and Data Science department located at our Ridgefield facility. As an intern, you will work alongside a Clinical Data Scientist on projects such as clinical trial data analysis, designing data visualization tools, and/or big data processing utilizing statistical programming languages such as SAS/R.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies’ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim’s high regard for our employees
Duties & Responsibilities
• Develop, review, validate SAS or R programs to generate analysis datasets, tables, figures, and listings to support trial or project data analysis
• Follow Good Programming Practices with documentation when developing programs
• Understand and Follow company SOPs and How to Guides where applicable.
• Support the review of analysis dataset specifications based on Case report form, Statistical analysis plan, and display template, in accordance with industry standards (CDISC).
• Develop interactive web-based data driven applications deployed through the Rshiny.
• Present your project/assignments work at the end of the program
Requirements
- Must be an Undergraduate, Graduate, or Professional Student in good academic standing.
- Must have completed 12 credit hours within a related major and/or other related coursework.
- Overall, cumulative GPA (from last completed quarter) must be at least 3.000 (on 4.0 scale) or better (No rounding up).
- Major must be related to the field of internship.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- This position will require individuals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious accommodation. Click here for more information on the vaccine mandate and COVID-19.
Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities
• Must be a Master of Science graduate student in fields related to Bio/statistics, Computer Science (software programming language focused), Data Science, or a related degree program
• Demonstrated proficiency using SAS, R and/or Python
• Good written and oral communications skills in the English language
IT Systems Chromatography Intern
Boehringer Ingelheim | Ridgefield, CT (Hybrid)
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our IT O&L Chromatography Systems department located at our Ridgefield, Connecticut facility. As an Intern, you will work closely with international colleagues to deploy and support global enterprise laboratory systems such as BIChrom (Waters Empower) and Akta/Unicorn.
As an intern of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.
This role is an on-site position 2-3 days per week in our Ridgefield, CT office.
Before applying ensure you can commit to the following:
- Expect to be on-site for at least 3 days per week and must be located in the local area for the Co-op.
- Candidates will need to be available to start in May – Mid June – dates to be announced as those are considered.
- Internships extend through August / September dependent upon business needs and availability.
Compensation Data
This position offers an hourly rate typically between $20/ hour and $33/ hour commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here. Rate is dependent upon degree level.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.
- Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship.
- Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.
- Major or minor in related field of internship
- Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.
- Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.
In this Internship you will…
- Train on working within the laboratory environment
- Plan and organize small sized projects to automate and streamline system support activities
- Work together with IT team colleagues and laboratory scientists to support BI chromatography systems
- Perform research on digital initiatives, which may help to realize efficiencies and cost reduction in the laboratory environment
Requirements
- Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing
- Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship
- Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred
- Major or minor in related field of internship
- Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university
- Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university
Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:
- Undergraduate Studies in Information Technology (IT) and/or Life Sciences
- Fluent in English and in German or Spanish with strong communications skills
- Highly motivated individual with good team spirit
- Previous Information Technology and/or scientific experience is a plus
Eligibility Requirements:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older
IT Research, Development & Medical Intern
Boehringer Ingelheim | Ridgefield, CT (Hybrid)
Description
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our IT RDM department located at our Ridgefield,CT facility. As an Intern, you will participate in IT Projects/Initiatives, consult/support Research and Development activities, and provide IT solution to business challenges.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies’ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim’s high regard for our employees.
This is an Information Technology Internship supporting our R&D and Medical teams.
- Internship will begin in May / June 2024.
- Candidates must be available to commute on site 2-3 days per week throughout to our Ridgefield, CT office.
- Internships extend approximately 3 months and end during August.
Compensation Data
This position offers an hourly rate typically between $20/ hour and $33/ hour commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collaborate with IT and Research Scientists to analyze their processes and needs
- Propose and develop IT solutions for the challenges in Research
- Coordinate testing and deployment of IT solution
- Conduct data curation and generate reports
Requirements
- Must be an Undergraduate, Graduate, or Professional Student in good academic standing.
- Must have completed 12 credit hours within a related major and/or other related coursework.
- Overall, cumulative GPA (from last completed quarter) must be at least 3.000 (on 4.0 scale) or better (No rounding up).
- Major must be related to the field of internship.
Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities
- The ability to work independently and on a team.
- Understand principles of computer programming, data storage, and relational database
- Knowledge in Windows and LINUX systems as well as computer network
- Able to code in at least one high level programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, C# or others
- Knowledge and some exposure to pharmaceutical or biotech R&D environment will be helpful
- Some experiences in web applications and web services will be preferred.
- Some experiences in web service call using service API will be preferred.
Eligibility Requirements:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older
Patient Affordability Intern
Boehringer Ingelheim | Ridgefield, CT (Hybrid)
Compensation Data
This position offers an hourly rate typically between $20/ hour and $33/ hour commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here.
Description
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our Value & Access: Access & Affordability department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. As an Intern, you will gain hands-on experience in developing and assessing patient affordability programs, monitoring market dynamics, and contributing to the strategy development for patient access to therapies. This opportunity will allow you to apply your academic knowledge to real-world scenarios, enhancing your understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and its commitment to patient access and affordability.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies’ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim’s high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide support to develop & assess the valuation of patient affordability programs for Boehringer Ingelheim’s portfolio (incl. contributing to budget and forecast milestones)
- Provide support to monitor & analyze market dynamics and trends in the pharmaceutical industry related to patient access and affordability.
- Contribute to the strategy development for patient access & affordability to our inline and pipeline assets.
Requirements
- Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing
- Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship
- Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred
- Major or minor in related field of internship
- Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university
- Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university
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Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:
- Good Communication skills
- Analytical capabilities
- Not afraid to ask questions, professional curiosity
- Acumen in Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel, Teams and Powerpoint
- Major in marketing or healthcare management
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
Graduate Student Postings
Clinical Data Science Intern (PhD)
Boehringer Ingelheim | Ridgefield, CT (Hybrid)
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our Biostatistics and Data department located at our Ridgefield facility. As an Intern, you will work with a senior-level statistician on a research project related to the pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical trials. Potential topics may include survival analysis, Bayesian methods, dose-finding, data visualization etc. with applications to oncology, immunology, cardiology, respiratory, central nervous system disorders, or clinical research in general.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies’ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim’s high regard for our employees
Duties & Responsibilities
• Work with a senior-level statistician on a research project related to the pharmaceutical industry
and/or clinical trials
• Present your research results at the end of the program
• May have the opportunity to summarize your work in a peer-reviewed publication
Requirements
Must be an Undergraduate, Graduate, or Professional Student in good academic standing.
Must have completed 12 credit hours within a related major and/or other related coursework.
Overall, cumulative GPA (from last completed quarter) must be at least 3.000 (on 4.0 scale) or better (No rounding up).
Major must be related to the field of internship.
Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities
• Graduate student in fields related to statistics, biostatistics, data science, computer science,
epidemiology, public health or mathematics
• Ph.D. candidate with at least 2 years of study
• Good written and oral communications skills strongly preferred
• Demonstrated proficiency conducting statistical analyses using SAS, R and/or Python
Eligibility Requirements
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older
This position will require individuals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious accommodation. Click here for more information on the vaccine mandate and COVID-19.
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