Looking for Student Research Fellows
Join us June 23-August 8, 2025
$20 per hour
Set yourself apart by exploring the development of inventors through the ‘lens’ of qualitative research. Past participants said that being part of our research enhanced their capacity for human centered design and valuing diverse perspectives and cultural insights.
The Lemelson-MIT Program (LMIT) is hiring up to six MIT students to assist with our qualitative research into navigating educational challenges experienced by educators and administrators across the US. Lemelson-MIT Student Fellows will gain foundational knowledge of qualitative research methodologies and methods, including designing and conducting interviews, and analyze qualitative data offered by our stakeholders regarding education challenges and potential solutions. Our student researchers will also have opportunities to hear from former MIT Student Fellows, as well as experts in the field with a background in qualitative and UX research.
Accepted students will be paid $20 per hour and will be expected to work up to 40 hours per week across a six-week period from June 23–August 8, 2024.
Application preference is given for those who apply prior to March 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET. Positions will be first come, first served after this date.
In support of LMIT’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we strongly encourage students from underrepresented groups to apply.
About Us
The Lemelson-MIT Program has helped thousands of students and educators learn to invent for 30 years. Our research offers evidence that our creative, transdisciplinary problem- solving approach known as invention education helps students of all backgrounds develop interest, confidence and capabilities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
